The continuous increase in the incidence of allergic diseases is a global trend, which involves multiple organs (mainly rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, dermatitis, food and drug allergies), has affected 1/3 of the world's population, and is listed by the World Health Organization as one of the three major diseases that need to be focused on prevention and treatment in the 21st century.
The prominent characteristics of allergic diseases are "three highs and two lows", that is, the high number of patients, the high impact on work and life, the high involvement of various organs, the scarcity of allergy specialists, and the public's limited awareness.
The Department of Allergy of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University brings together allergy professionals from multiple disciplines such as Otorhinolaryngology, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology and Traditional Chinese Medicine, builds a high-quality "Clinical Allergology" MOOC, conducts online and offline mixed teaching, cultivates Clinical Allergology specialists, and popularizes the scientific knowledge of allergy.
This course systematically synthesizes the basic knowledge and basic theories of clinical allergology, focusing on the characteristics of the discipline and the problems of clinical universality, so that students can master the basic theories of allergology, understand the relevant influencing factors of allergic diseases, and be familiar with the traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment methods of common allergic diseases, especially allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, sinusitis and nasal polyps, allergic bronchial asthma, skin allergic diseases, food and drug allergic diseases, etc. In the future, students will be able to apply the clinical thinking of allergology to analyze and deal with clinical problems related to allergic diseases, and make a certain contribution to the popularization and development of Clinical Allergology.
