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Allergy - Patients with Atopic Dermatitis Express Themselves Through a Questionnaire.
Conclusion: A total of 26.4% of survey respondents reported having doctor-diagnosed allergies. Among these patients, half reported having AD during childhood, and 1/3 reported having a current AD. CAD and AD patients clearly have a higher risk of having an allergy than patients without CAD or AD. PMID: 33447067 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology - January 17, 2021 Category: Dermatology Tags: Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Source Type: research

The influence of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis on migraine disability in children
Conclusions Current allergic rhinoconjunctivitis is related to enhanced disability caused by headache in childhood migraine.RESUMO A enxaqueca é condição comum na população pediátrica e causa significativo impacto na qualidade de vida. Doenças atópicas estão entre as principais morbidades associadas. Objetivo Teorizamos que a rinite alérgica possa agravar a enxaqueca na população pediátrica. Métodos Este estudo transversa l avaliou consecutivamente 90 pacientes pediátricos (46 crianças de 6 a 12 anos; 44 adolescentes até 18 anos) que procuraram assistência por enxaqueca em clínica neurológica de Passo F...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - July 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Prevalence of symptoms of asthma and allergic rhinitis in children in Southern Brazil: a ten-year monitoring study.
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of probable asthma increased from 2007 to 2017. The prevalence of symptoms and diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and pollinosis was relatively high and these allergies must be considered in the pediatric population of the region. PMID: 30720381 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - February 7, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research

Drought in the Semiarid Region of Brazil: Exposure, Vulnerabilities and Health Impacts from the Perspectives of Local Actors
Conclusion The results obtained from this research shows, in general, the fragility in the social and political infrastructure necessary to improve the living conditions of populations, particularly those that depend on family agriculture in drought prone areas. The conditions of social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities presented in the region can be amplified by the drought process, and can aggravate the impacts resulting drought events, thus disadvantaging the population of this region, as shown in the Fig. 1. The general perception of the interviewees of the health sector shows an agreement with what is found...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - October 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aderita Sena Source Type: research

Brazilian experience with atopy patch tests for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae and Blomia tropicalis
ConclusionThe APT should be considered as an additional test when the SPT and specific serum IgE tests are negative in patients with clinical histories of allergies.
Source: World Allergy Organization Journal - October 24, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Brazilian experience with atopy patch tests for Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus , Dermatophagoides farinae and Blomia tropicalis
ConclusionThe APT should be considered as an additional test when the SPT and specific serum IgE tests are negative in patients with clinical histories of allergies.
Source: World Allergy Organization Journal - October 24, 2018 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Epidemiological trends of allergic diseases in adolescents
Conclusions: The prevalences of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis among adolescents in 2012 were found to be high, having increased in comparison with those found 10 years earlier, despite efforts in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar as preval ências de asma, rinite alérgica e rinoconjuntivite alérgica em adolescentes da cidade de Belo Horizonte (MG) através do questionário do International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood no ano de 2012, bem como compará-las com aquelas obtidas em estudos realizados 10 anos antes empregan do a mesma metodologia. Método...
Source: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia - November 13, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research