background: the aim of this study was to identify the most common aeroallergens in patients with asthma and rhinitis. methods: the study enrolled 102 participants including 64 patients with respiratory allergies (among them 15 were clinically diagnosed as asthma patients, 41 with rhinitis, 8 were both) and 38 healthy controls. all of participants were subject of skin prick tests (spt) with seri...

Skin prick testing is widely used to predict the presence of allergen-specific IgE. In eosinophilic esophagitis patients, who frequently exhibit polysensitization and broad reactivity upon skin prick testing, this is commonly used to aid avoidance recommendations in the clinical management of their disease. We present here the predictive value of skin prick testing for the presence of allergen-...

conclusions our findings did not support the effect of cigarette smoking on spt reactivity to pollen and weeds aeroallergens. however, male were significantly more sensitive than female in terms of sensitivity to some allergens. results the results of this study indicated that 41.4% of patients with allergic rhinitis was smoker with ages ranged from 15 to 70 years. the result of this study also...

DESIGN OF STUDY Two groups of patients undergoing long-term dialysis were studied in order to evaluate the importance of ethylene oxide (EtO) in causing allergic reactions during dialysis. The first group of 50 subjects had never shown any hypersensitivity reactions related to dialysis, whereas the second group of 20 subjects had previously complained of reactions. All the patients underwent a ...

background: allergic rhinitis (ar), the most prevalent allergic disease, has a rising trend in the world and has significantly impaired the quality of life of the patients. aeroallergens are the major cause of allergic rhinitis and among them pollens are the main allergens responsible for allergic rhinitis in iran

BACKGROUND Asthma is divided into atopic and non-atopic phenotypes. The percentages of atopic asthma and allergen sensitization in patients of different ages have not been well studied. OBJECTIVE To determine the percentage distribution of atopic and non-atopic phenotypes in different age groups of asthmatic children, and investigate the distribution of specific IgE to different allergens whe...

There are few studies on eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) in the pediatric population in Europe. We present our data and emphasize the following findings: a) all patients had symptoms of allergic respiratory disease prior to receiving a diagnosis of EE with polysensitization (aeroallergens, food allergens); and b) in contrast with the results of earlier studies, food sensitization in our series mo...

OBJECTIVE Sensitization to perennial aeroallergens is associated with asthma in industrialized countries with a Western lifestyle. Because silk products are commonly used in Chinese society, we were interested in examining the relation between sensitization to silk and asthma. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 871 children in 503 families living in Anqing, a predominantly rural province of Chin...