Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Atopic Diseases: How Much Do We Care?

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory disease that is associated with significant psychosocial morbidity and a decrease in health-related quality of life. 15 The most robust and recently published cohort study by Genuneit and colleagues [25] proved the association of early atopic eczema (AE) with early ADHD. The association was strong (adjusted relative risk (aRR): 5.17, 95% CI: 2.18; 12.28) for children. However, the association of early AE among children with late ADHD was not statistically significant [aRR: 0.50 (0.13; 2.02)]. Also, the association of late AE with late ADHD [aRR: 3.03 (0.75; 12.29)] was not statistically significant. Cicek and colleagues [15] established the co-presence of ADHD in AD patients in the adult age group but in only Psychiatric disorders are common among young people of Arab origin attending primary care facilities in Gulf countries [1]. However, mental health research published from the 6 Gulf countries over the past 20 years, constituted less than 1% of their total biomedical research [2]. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is of high prevalence due to many reasons of which is high rates of consanguinity or toxic metal exposure [3-4]. ADHD persists into adulthood in a high proportion of cases, causing social difficulties and affective problems [5]. Moreover, adult ADHD full remission is less common than in childhood [6]. The overall estimate of relative risk of road traffic accidents (RTAs) for drivers with ADHD is 1.36. ADHD-drivers speed more frequently than controls because it stimulates attention and reaction time [7]. In Arab countries, RTAs kills more than cardiovascular diseases [8].