The last few decades have seen a rise in the prevalence of allergic diseases, including asthma and allergic rhinitis. The prevalence asthma is estimated to be around 300 million globally and around 35% in Europe and Australasia and 60 million people in the United States are affected by rhinitis. In India prevalence asthma is estimated to be around 2.38% and 20% to 26% people suffer from allergi...

BACKGROUND Previous epidemiological studies have investigated the association between allergic symptoms and cancer occurrence. However, the role of allergy in cancer has been elusive, especially for the female population. METHODS We examined the relationship between cancer prevalence and common allergic symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis (RC) and wheezing (WZ) among NHANES III female participant...

at present the only available management for food allergy is avoidance; however, abstaining from allergic foods can affect the quality of life. oral immunotherapy (oit) is an efficient method for increasing tolerance towards food allergens. the aim of this study was desensitizing patients above five years of age with wheat allergy and evaluating the safety and efficacy of oit for children with ...

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...

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> A few studies have been performed on whether allergic rhinitis is a cause of adenotonsillar hypertrophy. The aim this study was to determine the symptoms in children with hypertrophy.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This descriptive cross-sectional has conducted 150 patients’ candidates f...

<p><strong>Background: </strong>Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a symptomatic disorder of the nose induced after allergen exposure due to an IgE-mediated inflammation membranes lining nose. Allergic subdivided into intermittent (IAR) or persistent (PER) disease and severity mild moderate/severe. The most widely used effective medications treat allergic are oral topical antihistamine...

The eye is a common site of inflammation. Because the large majority of eye allergies involve the conjunctiva, the terms "ocular allergy", and "allergic conjunctivitis" are used synonymously. The clinical presentation of the various forms of allergic conjunctivitis can vary greatly, from mild symptoms unaccompanied by ocular signs, to severe disease with vision-threatening complications. Althou...

In Part 1, we discussed the etiology and epidemiology of allergy. 1 This second part will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of allergies. Diagnosing an allergy is much fike detective work. The physician gleans clues from the case history, and confirms the clinical impression by using allergy tests that help determine the cause of the patient’s problems. Recent progress in understanding the b...