background: asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema as a common disorder in childhood, has many epidemiologic variations in different geographic areas. this study aimed at determining the prevalence of pediatric allergic disease in rural area of babol. methods: this analytical-cross sectional study was performed in 2012 by random sampling on 2 groups of children the first group aged 6-7 years (n=1...

how to cite this article: ghaffari j, abbaskhanian a, jalili m, yazdani charati y. iq score of children with persistent or perennial allergic rhinitis: comparison with healthy children. iran j child neurol. 2014 summer; 8(3): 44-48.   abstract objective prevalence of allergies is different around the world. allergic rhinitis is a common chronic disease in children. intelligence quotient (iq) is...

The condition can affect several organ systems, and cause many symptoms. Typical symptoms include sneezing, nasal itching, nasal blockage, and watery nasal discharge.(Lund 1994) Other symptoms include eye symptoms (e.g. red eyes, itchy eyes, tearing), coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, oral allergy syndrome (i.e. an itchy, swollen oropharynx on eating stoned fruits), and systemic sympt...

BACKGROUND Health-related quality of Life (HRQOL) has been considered an important variable to be managed in airway diseases. Allergy and asthma can reduce HRQOL as a result of profound physical and psychosocial complications. Most patients with asthma also suffer from rhinitis, which also impairs quality of life. However, the impact of allergic rhinitis on asthmatic patients has not been inves...

As a part of the Finnish Allergy Programme 2008-2018 [1], we surveyed patients to assess allergic rhinitis symptoms, the use of medications and health care services in Finland. The study cohort consisted of 1,114 patients aged 5–75 years (mean age, 47 years; 72% females) who obtained asthma or allergy medication from 382 Finnish pharmacies (47% of all 812 pharmacies) across the country. The par...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency has been declared a public health problem for both adults and children worldwide. Asthma and related allergic diseases are the leading causes of morbidity in children. The objective of this study was to investigate the potential role of Vitamin D deficiency in childhood asthma and other allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis and wheezing. MATERIALS AND MET...

Hyeonggaeyeongyo-tang (HYT) is an ancient formula of oriental medicine traditionally used to treat rhinitis; however, clinical evidence has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term and long-term efficacy and safety of HYT for chronic rhinitis. Adult subjects with chronic rhinitis symptoms were recruited. The subjects received HYT for 4 weeks and had foll...

RHINITIS IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND IS DEFINED AS THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: congestion, rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal itching, and nasal obstruction. The two major classifications are allergic and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR). Allergic rhinitis occurs when an allergen is the trigger for the nasal symptoms. NAR is when obstruction and rhinorrhea occurs in relation to nonallergic, n...

OBJECTIVE This review will enable the reader to discuss prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of allergic rhinitis and asthma. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE (PubMed) search using the terms allergic rhinitis, asthma, prevalence, risk factors. STUDY SELECTION Human studies published in the English language since 1978, especially studies of relatively large populations in the United States, Great Bri...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in adult patients with asthma in Hong Kong, and to compare the morbidity endured by asthma patients with and without allergic rhinitis. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Respiratory clinics of four major public hospitals in Hong Kong. PATIENTS A total of 600 adults with asthma were recruited from March to May 2007. MAIN OUTCOM...