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Abstract
The recent study aimedto define the prevalence and elucidate the correlation between aero-allergy and food allergy in children with atopic dermatitis, which will help improving the management of this problem and to estimate the prevalence of aero-allergy and food allergy in children with atopic dermatitis and to assess the relation between aero-allergy and food allergy and atopic dermatitis.
In the present study, 70 patients diagnosed with atopic dermatitis were chosen and the relation between aero-allergy and food allergy with atopic dermatitis was assessed.The mean age of the participants was 3.75 years with 60 % of them living in urban areas and 52.9 % of them being females. 78.6% of the patients were delivered by cesarean section. Moreover, 71.4% of the total sample were breast fed with mean age of weaning being 5 months. The age of onset of atopic dermatitis was before the age of 12 months in 68.6% of the patients, and 38.6% of all patients had moderate symptoms. 22.8% of patients had inhaled allergy, while 22.8% had food allergy. 62.9% of the patients reported being exposed to triggers, and 17.1% reported possessing pets.
In the present study, Moreover, 71.4% of the patients had positive family history for food and aero-allergies. In the present study, we were interested whether there is an association between the severity of AD (defined by SCORAD index) and serum IgE levels. The area affected by atopic dermatitis ranged from 1 to 15%. The mean intensity score was 7.53, while the mean score for subjective symptoms was 7.69. Subsequently, the SCORAD score of patients ranged from 15.3 to 68.9.
In the present study, 35.7% of patients had serum total IgE level below 100, while only 4.3% had levels higher than 1500 who were afterwards tested for specific food and aero allergies. 5.7% of them were allergic to peanuts, while 1.4% were allergic to bananas, casein, chicken, and cod fish. 2.9% were allergic to egg yolk, cacao, hazelnut, and wheat flour. 8.6% were found allergic to egg white.
Additionally, there was a statistically significant relation between the presence of specific food IgE and aero-allergy IgE. The findings suggest that approximately 30% of children have mild atopic dermatitis, 38.6 % have moderate atopic dermatitis, and 31.4 % have sever atopic dermatitis, and 4.3 % have underlying IgE-mediated allergy.