Events

Integrative Medicine Treatment on Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis Public Seminar

Date:

20 Jan 2024

Time:

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Venue:

Inno Theatre, Hong Kong Productivity Council Building

Speaker(s):

Professor Hon Kam Lun (Clinical Professor (Honorary), Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, CHUK ; Consultant (Paediatrics), CUHK Medical Centre)
Ms. Leung Chi (Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, CHUK ; Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, CUHK Medical Centre)

Admission:

Please Click This Link: https://cuhk.hk/asthmatalk2024

Enquiries:

hkiim@cuhk.edu.hk / 2873 3032

Event Details:

哮喘及過敏性鼻炎(俗稱鼻敏感)是本地兒童以至成年人最常見的慢性病之一。據統計,八成的哮喘病人同時患有鼻敏感,而鼻敏感患者則比常人更易患有哮喘,可見兩者關係密切。氣溫轉變及環境污染都是誘發哮喘及鼻敏感的原因之一,症狀反覆的發作不單對患者的經濟造成負擔亦對醫療系統構成負荷,因此,及早有效地控制病情是非常重要。為使公眾更了解中西醫結合治療如何幫助哮喘及鼻敏感患者,香港中文大學香港中西醫結合醫學研究所及香港醫護聯盟特意舉辦此公眾講座,由兒科專科醫生及註冊中醫師聯合主講,從不同角度深入淺出剖析哮喘及鼻敏感的病因病理、治療及調護。