Bogacka Ewa
Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Alergologii we Wrocławiu.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2003 Jun;14(84):714-5.
Epidemiology of allergic eye diseases has not been sufficiently studied so far. The first statistical studies regarded the coexistence of allergic conjunctivitis together with allergic rhinitis, as rhinoconjunctivitis. Only in the last 10 years eye allergy has been regarded as a separate epidemiological and clinical problem. According to Bonini, seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) accompanies pollinosis in 95.2%. Buckley's studies revealed symptoms of SAC in 21% of British population and Berdy reported a similar result in 20% of Americans. Weeke estimates that depending on geographical region and age of examined patients, allergic eye diseases occur in 5 to 22% of the population. Among them SAC and perennial allertgic conjunctivitis (PAC) account for up to 50%. A recent Italian study demonstrated an increase of the incidence of allergic eye diseases, which were found in 38% of the studied population, most frequently in young males. Eye allergy presented most frequently as rhinoconjunctivitis (SAC and PAC) (63.7%), and then as atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) (21%) and vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) (15.5%). It seems that the incidence of allergic eye diseases demonstrates a rising tendency, similarly as it has been found in recent years in the case of bronchial asthma, rhinitis or atopic dermatitis.
迄今为止，过敏性眼病的流行病学尚未得到充分研究。最早的统计研究认为过敏性结膜炎与过敏性鼻炎并存，即鼻结膜炎。直到最近10年，眼部过敏才被视为一个独立的流行病学和临床问题。根据博尼尼的研究，季节性过敏性结膜炎（SAC）在95.2%的花粉症患者中出现。巴克利的研究显示，21%的英国人口有SAC症状，伯迪报告称20%的美国人有类似结果。韦克估计，根据所检查患者的地理区域和年龄，5%至22%的人口患有过敏性眼病。其中，SAC和常年性过敏性结膜炎（PAC）占比高达50%。最近一项意大利研究表明，过敏性眼病的发病率有所上升，在所研究的人群中，38%的人患有此病，最常见于年轻男性。眼部过敏最常见的表现形式是鼻结膜炎（SAC和PAC）（63.7%），其次是特应性角结膜炎（AKC）（21%）和春季角结膜炎（VKC）（15.5%）。过敏性眼病的发病率似乎呈上升趋势，这与近年来支气管哮喘、鼻炎或特应性皮炎的情况类似。
