{"id":5312,"date":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","slug":"xolair-air-xperience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/xolair-air-xperience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Xperience from Xolair: Asthma Simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several pharmaceutical companies had impressive exhibit booths at the 2007 ACAAI<\/a> meeting in Dallas.<\/p>\n

One of the more interesting booths was for Xolair, a medication to treat allergic asthma. Xolair works by blocking immunoglobulin E (IgE), an underlying cause of allergic asthma. Approximately 60% of asthma cases are mediated by IgE.<\/p>\n

The Xolair ‘Air Xperience’ was a 3-D, multimedia experience that allowed me to feel the chest tightness and difficult breathing that occur with asthma attacks.<\/p>\n

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As you can probably see from the photo, I wasn't very comfortable in the tight vest (I was really trying to smile) – and I had not yet stepped into the Air Xperience when the photo was taken.<\/p>\n

Besides the vest, I also had to wear 3-D glasses. Once inside the Air Xperience booth, I watched a 3-D movie about allergic asthma. Whenever the main character had an allergic asthma attack – when a cat walked into the room, for instance – the vest got very tight around my chest (much like an arm cuff on a blood pressure machine), making it harder to breathe.<\/p>\n

I was relieved to take off the vest, but I'm glad that I got to experience some of the discomfort of an asthma attack.<\/p>\n

Visit www.xolair.com<\/a> to learn more about the medication.<\/p>\n

Visit The Asthma Solution Guide<\/a> to learn more about asthma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several pharmaceutical companies had impressive exhibit booths at the 2007 ACAAI meeting in Dallas. One of the more interesting booths was for Xolair, a medication to treat allergic asthma. Xolair works by blocking immunoglobulin E (IgE), an underlying cause of… <\/p>\n