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As part of the "What's My IgE?" campaign, AAFA is offering free IgE screenings to asthma patients at local events in select cities in the U.S. IgE screenings involve a simple blood test, similar to those conducted for cholesterol or diabetes screenings, and can be conducted in as little as two minutes.
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Washington, DC
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June 21, 2008: 9am – 1pm
Free IgE (Immunoglobulin E) Testing at the Black Women’s Health Imperative 25th Anniversary Walking for Wellness Event
15th Street and Constitution Avenue on the National Mall
More than 22 million Americans suffer from asthma, and a recent study revealed that more than half of these people feel their asthma symptoms are not under control. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that 60 percent of the people in the United States with asthma have a specific and often misdiagnosed type of asthma called allergic asthma.
These statistics are particularly alarming for African American women, who have the highest rate of asthma incidence in the nation. To combat this growing epidemic, AAFA has teamed up with the Black Women’s Health Imperative to offer IgE testing at the Imperative’s Walking for Wellness 5k event.
Free testing will be available in the Healthy Living Pavilion on the National Mall from 9am-1pm. Stop by for a free screening and take the first step towards getting control of your asthma.
For more information, visit www.BlackWomensHealth.org/25thAnniversary.
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