A community based questionnaire study on the association between symptoms suggestive of otitis media with effusion, rhinitis and asthma in primary school children

Umapathy, Dolores; Alles, R.; Scadding, Glenis

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.12.017

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“…Alles et al [11] reported an 89% prevalence of allergic rhinitis among COME patients which was significantly higher than the reported prevalence of allergic rhinitis in the general population [12,13] In other study, otologic symptoms were reported in 32.8% of the children with AR. Comparing otologic and nasal symptoms showed a significant association between allergic rhinitis and otitis media (P \ 0.05) [14]. Although from the clinical point of view some of the proposed risk factors for COME and AOM (acute otitis media) are likely to play a role in pathogenesis of CSOM [15][16][17], there are two separate studies by Fliss et al [2] and Lasisi et al [18] which could not establish such an association.…”

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Allergic rhinitis and chronic suppurative otitis media

Bakhshaee¹,

Rajati

Fereidouni

et al. 2010

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Allergic inflammation in upper airways can act as a predisposing factor for infectious ear diseases. There are some evidences about the role of allergic rhinitis in chronic otitis media with effusion, but its role in establishing chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) has not been clearly shown. 68 adult patients with established CSOM, who were candidates for ear surgery, and 184 age- and sex-matched controls were evaluated for the presence of allergic rhinitis. Standard questionnaire was filled out for all participants. All patients and controls underwent skin prick test for 28 common regional aeroallergens, and serum total IgE was measured by means of ELISA method. Allergic rhinitis were defined as a positive responses to the questionnaire, positive skin prick test to at least one allergen, and/or high level of serum total IgE. Allergic rhinitis was diagnosed in 20 (29.41%) and 41 (22.28%) of patients and controls, respectively (P = 0.241) (OR = 1.28, CI = 0.69-2.36). Outdoor allergens, especially grass pollen, were the most prevalent allergens among both groups, but indoor allergens like mites and molds have a low prevalence. The study did not show a significant difference in the prevalence of AR in the CSOM patients compared to the controls. The intermittent nature of allergy and other less known intervening factors in the etiopathogenesis of CSOM make such a conclusion difficult.

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Allergic rhinitis and chronic suppurative otitis media

Bakhshaee¹,

Rajati

Fereidouni

et al. 2010

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…During the last few decades, the etiologic relationship between rhinitis and otitis media, especially the role of allergy in OME, has been the subject of much controversy (15,2131,2132).…”

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Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008*

Bousquet¹,

Khaltaev²,

Cruz³

et al. 2008

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“…In a case series of 93 children aged 2-10 years referred to a sleep laboratory for polysomnography, sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome was strongly associated with the clinical history of nasal obstruction and AR (32). Chronic middle ear effusion and eustachian tube dysfunction, potentially causing hearing impairment, are associated with rhinitis (33)(34)(35). Local production of nonspecific and specific IgE against both environmental allergens and staphylococcal enterotoxin antigens may be involved in ongoing allergic inflammation observed in the adenoidal lymphatic tissue from atopic children (12,36).…”

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Paediatric rhinitis: position paper of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Roberts

Xatzipsalti

Borrego

et al. 2013

Allergy

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248

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Rhinitis is a common problem in childhood and adolescence and impacts negatively on physical, social and psychological well-being. This position paper, prepared by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Taskforce on Rhinitis in Children, aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and therapy of paediatric rhinitis. Rhinitis is characterized by at least two nasal symptoms: rhinorrhoea, blockage, sneezing or itching.

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A community based questionnaire study on the association between symptoms suggestive of otitis media with effusion, rhinitis and asthma in primary school children

Cited by 44 publications

References 32 publications

Allergic rhinitis and chronic suppurative otitis media

Allergic rhinitis and chronic suppurative otitis media

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008*

Paediatric rhinitis: position paper of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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