Mansouritorghabeh Hassan, Jabbari-Azad Farahzad, Sankian Mojtaba, Varasteh Abdolreza, Farid-Hosseini Reza
Allergy Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Immununology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Iran J Med Sci. 2019 Mar;44(2):87-98.
Allergy is becoming a major disease burden globally. Pollens are considered as the main component of aeroallergens that lead to rhinitis and asthma. Due to the lack of a comprehensive investigation on most allergic pollens of trees in the Middle East, the present study aimed to conduct a comprehensive literature review on this topic. The main goal of the study was to provide a checklist for allergists and patients to easily identify the commonest allergic pollens in their locality. The present review provides a broad range of information on the types and geographic locations of the most common allergic pollens of trees in each studied country. In general, among the 23 studied countries, palm and mesquite trees were the common producers of pollen allergen in the Persian Gulf region. Olive tree is common in Turkey, Palestine, and Israel, whereas sycamore tree is the common allergen pollen in Iran. Considering the uneven geographical distribution of these trees in the world, allergists are unable to accurately select the appropriate extracts for the skin prick test based on the information from the neighboring countries. This scenario becomes more complicated if one adds the imported ornamental trees in the picture.
过敏正成为全球主要的疾病负担。花粉被认为是导致鼻炎和哮喘的空气过敏原的主要成分。由于对中东地区大多数树木过敏花粉缺乏全面调查，本研究旨在就该主题进行全面的文献综述。该研究的主要目标是为过敏症专科医生和患者提供一份清单，以便他们轻松识别当地最常见的过敏花粉。本综述提供了关于每个研究国家最常见树木过敏花粉的类型和地理位置的广泛信息。总体而言，在23个研究国家中，棕榈树和牧豆树是波斯湾地区常见的花粉过敏原产生者。橄榄树在土耳其、巴勒斯坦和以色列很常见，而悬铃木是伊朗常见的过敏花粉。考虑到这些树木在世界上地理分布不均，过敏症专科医生无法根据邻国的信息准确选择用于皮肤点刺试验的合适提取物。如果再加上进口观赏树木，情况会变得更加复杂。
