Patent ID: 7566743

Claim:
A method of treating a patient having a disease of allergic airways, selected from the group consisting of asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis, using treated air for breathing, the method comprising of steps of: providing an enclosed facility with constantly circulating treated air for breathing containing particles; administering the treated air for breathing containing particles to the patient for more than six hours daily over a two week period; and wherein treated air for breathing containing particles is specifically irradiated to a therapeutic level by an effective amount of incident ultraviolet radiation from a UV lamp, wherein the effective amount of incident UV radiation which is applied to said treated air for breathing containing particles is 2-100 J/m 3 hr, so that administration to the patient of the treated air for breathing containing particles for more than six hours daily enables after the two week period a reduction of the severity of the disease and the dose of medication for the treatment of the disease of airways.