Mite-sensitive asthma of childhood
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Sarsfield, J. K., Gowland, G., Toy, R., and Norman, A. L. E. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 716. Mite-sensitive asthma of childhood: trial of avoidance measures. A trial of the effects ofmeasures designed to reduce exposure to house-dust mites was performed on 14 children with mite-sensitive asthma. These measures reduced mite infestation of the beds and were associated with clinical improvement ofasthmatic symptoms. Immunological studies revealed a tendency for levels of total serum IgE to fall during the course of the trial, but no such changes were apparent in the levels of anti-mite specific serum IgE. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. The conclusion of the study is that the use of a plastic mattress cover and the other inexpensive and harmless avoidance measures described should be advised for all asthmatic children with evidence of mite-sensitivity before resort to drug prophylaxis
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