Maybe one could say it is more in the urban and semiurban areas as compared to the rural areas. But it is across the country. The influx of western culture has created an imbalance. Our children don t like to eat rice, dal, vegetables. They want to eat American fast food or ice creams, chocolates.
People have carpets and pets in the house.
You have treated thousands of people for the last two decades. We are now coming to allergy sufferers who comprise 25 per cent of our population or may be a little more because I am quoting is data in 1998. In two years time, may be it has shot up to 26 per cent. The problem in our country is that the government does not give us figures. Number one, allergy is not recognized as a speciality in India.