PREVALENCE OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND ATOPIC DERMATITIS SYMPTOMS IN SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN OF PUEBLA CITY, MEXICO

Assia-Robles S.(1), Munoz-Guarneros.M.(1)., Martinez Cairo .S (2)

(1) Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla.

(2) Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

 

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and intensity of allergic symptoms, in children from Puebla City, Mexico.

Materials and Methods: Randomly selected among Puebla City schools, two groups of students with 3000 individuals each were chosen. In the first one, children of ages 6 and 7 (GI), the second group, with teenagers of 13 and 14 years old (GII).A Spanish version validated for ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) test was applied to both groups.

Results: Chest wheezing ever,GI:13%,GII:21%;Chest wheezing in the last year,3.3% and 51% ;Asthma diagnosis ,3.1% and 5.4%; Rhinorrhea without a cold at least once in lifetime, 23% and 41%;Rhinorrhea without a cold in the last year, 41% and 55%; Allergic Rhinitis diagnosis, 61% and 9%; Conjunctivitis in the last year, 24% and 30%; Eczema symptoms in lifetime, 10% and 13%; Eczema symptoms in last year, 23% and 23%; Atopic dermatitis diagnosis,3% and 9% respectively.

Conclusions: The prevalence of symptoms of allergy in Puebla city for school age people is over the world average but below the industrialized countries, reported prevalence.

 

 

 
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