Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis in the Same Patients.

Autor: Pedersen, Poul A., Weeke, Eva Rung
Předmět:
Zdroj: Allergy; Jan1983, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p25-29, 5p
Abstrakt: This study from Danish general practice gives figures about the simultaneous prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis and the order of onset among 7662 patients, who during 1 year consulted for one, or both of these diseases. Twenty-eight percent of patients with asthma consulted because they also had allergic rhinitis, and 17% of patients with allergic rhinitis consulted because they also had asthma. Age- and sex-distributions are presented. In 25% of patients with both diseases the onset of both diseases occurred within the same year, while in 35% the onset of asthma occurred first and in 40% allergic rhinitis. Among patients with both diseases, who did not have onset of both within the same year, more than 75% of them had onset of one disease within 2 years of the other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index