Prevalence of rhinitis allergic in populations of several states of Mexico

Autor: Eleazar Mancilla-Hernández, Miguel Alejandro Medina-Ávalos, Raúl Humberto Barnica-Alvarado, Diego Soto-Candia, Rosario Guerrero-Venegas, Yahvéh Zecua-Nájera
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Revista Alergia México, Vol 62, Iss 3, Pp 196-201 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0002-5151
2448-9190
DOI: 10.29262/ram.v62i3.107
Popis: Background: Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory disorder of the nasal mucosa, characterized by symptoms of itching, rhinorrhea, nasal congestion and sneezing induced by an IgE-mediated response. In Mexico we have reports of prevalence, with fluctuations of 5.5% to 47.7% with the question of rhinitis symptoms the past 12 months. Objective: To determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in schoolchildren from various states of Mexico. Material and method: A descriptive study of prevalence in which a questionnaire was applied to preschool, elementary-, middle- and high-school population. It was performed in four cities in four states of Mexico: Puebla, Puebla, Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala and Cancun, Quintana Roo. Parents answered questionnaires of preschool and elementary school and middle- and high-school students answered their questionnaires. The study was conducted from June 2014 to January 2015. The instrument used was: questionnaire diagnosis of allergic rhinitis for epidemiological studies. Results: Of the surveys, 8,159 completed questionnaires were obtained, in the city of Puebla: 2,267, Tulancingo, Hidalgo: 2,478, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala: 2,574, Cancun, Quintana Roo: 840; total male: 4,190 (51%). The overall average rate of prevalence of allergic rhinitis among four states including all respondents ages was 15%. Conclusions: With the use of the questionnaire diagnosis of allergic rhinitis for epidemiological studies in the four cities in four different states, we found a prevalence of allergic rhinitis of 15% in ≥13 yearpopulation and 13% in ≤12 year-old children.
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