Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Chorym na Astmę i Choroby Alergiczne w Łodzi -- wiele lat aktywnej troski o poprawę jakości życia chorych i ich rodzin (1993-2011).

The Asthma and Allergy Patients Support Organization was established in 1993. The main goal of the society is to provide allergic and asthmatic patients with all possible help and assistance and to improve their quality of life. The society carries out very intensive educational activity for patients and their families. Another area of the society's activity is contribution to spreading modern knowledge about allergy among doctors, nurses and other health professionals, as well as in schools. For example, free educational meetings, the so-called 'Allergology Picnics', were regularly organized (1994-2003) by the society's active members. Every year, from 1994 to 2003, we organized summer and winter holidays for children with allergy and asthma. As a result of cooperation with local swimming pool and Shotokan karate club, the training and rehabilitation groups were created, with special training program adapted to children's capabilities. Currently, our main preventive actions include the analysis of pollen count in the atmosphere of Lodz during the vegetation seasons and the organisation of information system, freely accessible for our members and physicians working with allergic patients. The members of the society may also make use of permanent psychological service which is carried out from 2010. Recently we have also started cooperation with the ECARF (European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]