For some years during the course of treatment of different forms of allergy a t the BALYEAT HAY FEVER AND ASTHMA CLINIC in Oklahoma City, various facts concerning the inheritance of allergy have been noted. It is the object of the present study to determine as far as possible from the material thus collected the type of inheritance displayed by that form of allergy called migraine. The study wa...

e lifetime prevalence of allergic diseases in adults in Germany [self-reported doctor diagnosed allergic diseases, Study on Adult Health in Germany (Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland, DEGS1, 2008–2011) of the Robert Koch Institute] is 8.6 % for asthma, 14.8 % for hay fever, 3.5 % for atopic dermatitis, 8.1 % for contact dermatitis, 4.7 % for food allergies, and 2.8 % for insect ...

(not shown) suggested that the number of older children was a more influential variable. Eczema in the first year of life was also independently related to the number ofolder children in the household (see table). There was no association between eczema in infancy and younger children of the family (who were not yet born). Comment Variations in labelling respiratory symptoms probably exist amon...

The authors compared histories of nonmalignant respiratory diseases (asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, hay fever, and pneumonia) in 1,553 lung cancer patients and 1,375 healthy controls enrolled in a Texas case-control study from 1995 to 2003. They incorporated data on two biologically relevant polymorphic genes, matrix metalloproteinase-1 and myeloperoxidase. Emphysema was associated with a stati...

The relationships between allergen exposure, sensitisation and the development of allergic disease have, since their first description, been complicated, often counterintuitive, and rarely straightforward. Ever since Charles Blackley put himself through a private medical education in order to study his own severe “summer catarrh”, allergens and their human targets have been behaving oddly. BLAC...

The results concerned with the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in the large surveys of morbidity in general practice in 1970-1 and 1981-2 were compared. In data standardised for age the prevalence of asthma in men increased from 11.6 to 20.5 people consulting per 1000 population (p less than 0.001) and in women from 8.8 to 15.9 per 1000 population (p less than 0.001). Similar increases were ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To review the "protective" effects of having a higher number of siblings for the risk of atopic eczema, asthma wheezing, hay fever, and allergic sensitisation. METHOD Review of the literature (Medline since 1965 and references). MAIN RESULTS 53 different studies were identified. For eczema, 9 of 11 studies reported an inverse relation with number of siblings; for asthma and ...

The prevalence of asthma, hay fever, and eczema was examined in first degree relatives of extrinsic (atopic) and intrinsic (non-atopic) asthmatics attending the asthma clinics of the Brompton Hospital and the Doncaster Royal Infirmary. In both the Doncaster and Brompton populations the prevalence of asthma, hay fever, and eczema was significantly higher among relatives of extrinsic than among r...

The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between dietary intake of selected foods and fatty acids with atopic disease prevalence in adults. Data from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey in Erfurt, combined with a 3-day weighed records dietary survey, was used. Complete data was available from 469 males and 333 females aged 20-64 yrs. Multiple logistic regression was appl...

The objective of the present study was to investigate exposure-response relationships between current endotoxin exposure and allergic and respiratory symptoms in adults, taking into account farming exposures during childhood. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 877 Dutch farmers and agricultural industry workers in 2006. Based on 249 full-shift personal airborne endotoxin samples, a job...