Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Clin Transl Allergy. 2011 Oct 17;1(1):11. doi: 10.1186/2045-7022-1-11.
Demographic distribution of the population is progressively changing with the proportion of elderly persons increasing in most societies. This entails that there is a need to evaluate the impact of common diseases, such as asthma and other allergic conditions, in this age segment. Frailty, comorbidities and polymedication are some of the factors that condition management in geriatric patients. The objective of this review is to highlight the characteristics of allergic diseases in older age groups, from the influence of immunosenescence, to particular clinical implications and management issues, such as drug interactions or age-related side effects.
人口的人口统计学分布正在随着大多数社会中老年人比例的增加而逐渐变化。这意味着需要评估哮喘和其他过敏等常见疾病对这一年龄段的影响。虚弱、合并症和多药治疗是影响老年患者管理的一些因素。本综述的目的是强调老年人群中过敏疾病的特征,从免疫衰老的影响到特定的临床意义和管理问题,如药物相互作用或与年龄相关的副作用。