ALLERGY ANALYSIS IN 4427 ASTHMATIC CHILDREN IN NORTH OF CHINA

He BL, Ren YX, Xiong ZhY, Liu ShY

Beijing Children¡¯s Hospital, Beijing, China

 

Objective: To investigate allergy septum in asthmatic children in north of china.

Methods: Reactivity to 18 kinds of allergy was judged according to wheel of skin prick test. Histamine was used as positive control.

Results: Positive rate of allergy was 58.6% in all, and it became higher and higher as child got older and older. The first five of most common allergy were dermatophagoides farinae, house dust, polyvalent molds II, I, III, prevalence were 50.0%, 49.1%, 39.3%, 36.5% and 22.0% respectively. Pollen, mulberry silk, tobacco smoke, animal further and cotton mattress were only second. Prevalence of 3 or more + was 21.2%, and it became higher and higher as child got older and older.  Intensity of 3 or more + was related to the kind of allergy, artemisia pollen was 29.9%, summer pollen 16.7%, mulberry silk 15.3%,dermatophagoides farinae1.5% and, house dust 1.7%.

Conclusion: The major allergy in asthmatic children in north of china were dermatophagoides farinae, house dust, molds and pollen. Prevalence and intensity of allergy became higher and higher as child got older and older. The allergenic of artemisia pollen, summer pollen, and mulberry silk was very strong.

 

 
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