Open AccessThe state of the capillary bed in children with allergic diseases of the respiratory tract according to computer capillaroscopy of the nail bed
Author(s) -
Ю. Л. Мизерницкий,
И. М. Мельникова,
Е. В. Удальцова
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
regionarnoe krovoobraŝenie i mikrocirkulâciâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-9756
pISSN - 1682-6655
DOI - 10.24884/1682-6655-2020-19-2-51-58
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory tract , exacerbation , asthma , respiratory system , allergy , allergic inflammation , microcirculation , respiratory tract infections , dermatology , immunology
. The actuality of children allergic respiratory diseases problem is due to the steady increase oftheir occurrence all over the world. Computerized capillaroscopy (ССS) of the nail bed is a non-invasive and highly informative method for assessing the structural and functional parameters of capillaries in real time and physiological conditions, and so it is effectively applied in pediatric practice. However, studies in this promising direction are rare. Aim . Was to determine the microcirculation peculiarities in children suffering from respiratory allergic diseases with prolonged cough, using the method of computerized capillaroscopy of the nail bed. Materials and methods . 238 children aged from 2 to 17 years with acute and chronic respiratory diseases, accompanied by prolonged (more than 4 weeks) cough, were examined and divided into 4 groups (Gr): Gr1 (n=68) – patients with acute or exacerbation of the chronic upper respiratory tract diseases of the infectious genesis; Gr2 (n=53) – patients with lower respiratory tract infection; Gr3 (n=39) – patients with allergic rhinitis; Gr4 (n=78) – patients with bronchial asthma (BA). All patients underwent history, examination and ССS of the nail bed. Results . Patients with allergic diseases of the respiratory tract, especially with BA, were found to have structural and functional disorders of the capillary bed and a pronounced increase in the length of the perivascular zone indicating an increase in the hydration degree of the interstitial space due to chronic allergic inflammation, in contrast to children with respiratory tract infection getting changed microcirculation parameters mainly in the venous part of capillaries. Conclusion . CСS of the nail bed is a highly informative method to identify functional features of the capillaries in allergic and infectious pathologies of the respiratory system, which can be successfully used as additional criteria for their differential diagnosis.