Open AccessFood hypersensitivity among asthmatic children – single center experience
Author(s) -
AlAni SS,
AlHammadi S
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-3-s3-p37
Subject(s) - medicine , dust mites , food allergens , cockroach , allergen , allergy , pediatrics , veterinary medicine , immunology , biology , ecology
Out of 103 children, 63 (61.2%) are tested positive to at least one allergen. Forty-three (68.3%) are males. The highest rate of the positive tests are at the age group 5-12 years (27, 42.9%), followed by age group 2-5 years (19, 30.2%). This trend is the same between both sexes. Nineteen children are positive to 3 allergens (30.2%), 15 to 2 allergens (23.8%) and 11 to 1 allergen (17.5%). The commonest indoor aeroallergens are house dust mites (Der f 16%, Der p 13.5%) dog (11.5%), and cockroaches (10.9%). The commonest food allergens found are horse chestnut (20%), sesame (14%) and cow’s milk (12%). Collectively, the indoor aeroallergens are twice positive as food allergens.