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Presents a letter to the editor related to asthma.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article related to the role played by the telecare in future health care in the July 8, 2011 issue.

The article offers information on anaphylaxis, which is reportedly the most extreme form of immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated allergy. It states that it can manifest as acute asthma attack, severe diarrhea and vomiting and failure to recognize it may lead to death. It mentions that it patients should have adrenaline auto-injector devices and need to be clearly informed about how to recognize the disease.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the September 26, 2008 issue including one on the study of anticholinergic inhalers and chemical vapor deposition (CVD), another on the General Medical Council's (GMC) fitness-to-practise procedures, and the article on electronic patient records.