This week marks World Allergy Week, an annual global event that raises awareness around allergies and their potentially serious health implications. The theme this year is bronchial asthma and respiratory allergic diseases, which is a life-threatening disease that affects millions in South Africa - where we also have one of the highest asthma death rates in the world. There are also many of us walking around with allergies we are unaware of, so today as we kick-off World Allergy Week, we’ll look at getting relevant tests done for allergies and also the connection between allergies and asthma. For more on this  joined by Dr Corli Lodder - She has been involved in the treatment of allergic and asthma patients for more than 25 years.