Balatsouras Dimitrios G, Koukoutsis George, Ganelis Panayotis, Fassolis Alexandros, Korres George S, Kaberos Antonis
ENT Department, Tzanion General Hospital of Piraeus, Afentouli 1 & Zanni, 18536 Piraeus, Greece.
Int J Otolaryngol. 2011;2011:487532. doi: 10.1155/2011/487532. Epub 2011 Jun 28.
Allergic rhinitis is common among children and quite often represents a stage of the atopic march. Although sensitization to food and airborne allergens may appear in infancy and early childhood, symptoms of the disease are usually present after age 3. The aim of this study was to determine the most frequent food and indoor and outdoor respiratory allergens involved in allergic rhinitis in children in the region of Piraeus. The study was performed in the outpatient clinic of otolaryngologic allergy of a general hospital. Fifty children (ranged 6-14 ) with symptoms of allergic rhinitis and positive radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for IgE antibodies or skin prick tests were included in the study. Thirty six (72%) of the subjects of the study had intermittent allergic rhinitis. The most common aeroallergens determined were grass pollens and Parietaria, whereas egg and milk were the food allergens identified. The detection of indoor and outdoor allergens in the region of Piraeus, based on skin prick tests and RAST tests, showed high incidence of grasses and food allergens, which is similar to other Mediterranean countries.
变应性鼻炎在儿童中很常见，且常常是特应性进程的一个阶段。尽管对食物和空气传播变应原的致敏可能出现在婴儿期和幼儿期，但该病症状通常在3岁以后出现。本研究的目的是确定比雷埃夫斯地区儿童变应性鼻炎中最常见的食物变应原以及室内和室外呼吸道变应原。该研究在一家综合医院的耳鼻喉科变应性门诊进行。50名有变应性鼻炎症状且针对IgE抗体的放射变应原吸附试验（RAST）或皮肤点刺试验呈阳性的儿童（年龄在6至14岁之间）被纳入研究。研究对象中有36名（72%）患有间歇性变应性鼻炎。确定的最常见气传变应原是草花粉和墙草属，而鸡蛋和牛奶是确定的食物变应原。基于皮肤点刺试验和RAST试验对比雷埃夫斯地区室内和室外变应原的检测显示，草类和食物变应原的发生率很高，这与其他地中海国家相似。
