Thomas cookies, president of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC), believes that people must change habits to curb domes

• The snuff, of course, but also the bad habit of having pets in the bedroom should be left behind. Yesterday I spoke at the congress of the SEAIC in Bilbao. The news on other websites Websites in Spanish in other languages "Sleeping with your pet is like sleeping with the enemy"
• Question. What are the main factors that cause allergy?
• Answer. The genetic influence. There is a predisposition, but also environmental factors and lifestyle habits that trigger the process. It is very important to stop smoking, because the snuff causes inflammation of the airway and makes it easier to have allergic processes. There are also domestic factors: we are putting the animals in homes, even in the same dormitory, sleeping with the patient. That's getting into bed to the enemy.
• P. Does the climate in the Basque influence in some way on the map of allergies? R. In the Basque Country there are many mites by the moisture. The mites are microscopic arachnids that measure about one third of a millimeter, are not visible to the human eye and feed on the skin that we are losing. In three weeks we changed our skin. It is these flakes we see when we make the bed. The taking of mite allergens that cause lead components rhinitis .