Allergy Skin Testing

Ten, Rosa M.; Klein, Joel S.; Frigas, Evangelo

doi:10.4065/70.8.783

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“…We also included a positive control (histamine) and two negative controls (saline and a "dry" prick control). The allergens were applied using standard prick test techniques (15). Twenty minutes after the last prick, the technician carefully circled each wheel with an ink pen, placed cellotape over the mark, removed the tape, and placed it onto the data entry form.…”

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Characteristics of Patients with Asthma Within a Large HMO

Osborne

Vollmer

Linton

et al. 1998

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

203

111

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Adequate information about characteristics of asthmatic patients in large health maintenance organizations (HMOs) is still lacking. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study, baseline data were collected on 914 individuals aged 3 to 55 yr with physician-diagnosed asthma within a large HMO, Kaiser Permanente, NW Region. There were no significant differences between men and women in post-bronchodilator FEV1 when expressed as percent (%) predicted yet women with asthma reported more daytime and nocturnal symptoms than men (p = 0.002), and worse quality of life in all but three of 14 subscales in two asthma quality of life instruments. Specifically, women in the 35-55 yr age group uniformly reported worse physical functioning on the SF-36 quality of life scale (71 +/- 23 versus 85 +/- 18; p = 0.001), social functioning (73 +/- 21 versus 77 +/- 20; p = 0.016), and bodily pain (63 +/- 27 versus 72 +/- 24; p < 0.001). Also these women reported use of more health care (p = 0.002) and more medications for asthma than men (p < 0.01). Our data suggest that men and women respond differently to their asthma, and observed gender differences in various measures of asthma such as hospital admissions, quality of life, and use of metered dose inhalers (MDIs), may be related to this difference in response to disease, rather than to real differences in the disease between men and women. Understanding gender related differences in response to a chronic disease such as asthma is important in tailoring an education and management plan to each individual patient.

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Characteristics of Patients with Asthma Within a Large HMO

Osborne

Vollmer

Linton

et al. 1998

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

203

111

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“…5 It is a gold standard for diagnosis of allergic diseases and is highly sensitive, specific, simple and inexpensive. 1,6 So this study was planned to find out the seasonal variation of various allergies in our region by way of history taking, examination and SPT.…”

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Seasonal variation of allergy profile of patients visiting a tertiary care hospital in hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh

Nanda

Devi

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Allergic diseases are very common and are caused by allergen whose role varies according to climate changes. Not many studies are available regarding the same in our region. Skin prick test is a diagnostic procedure for allergy testing. The aim of the present study was to find out the seasonal variation of different allergies in our region.Methods: A total of 686 patients with allergic complaints were assessed for age and sex distribution, seasonal variation of number of allergy patients and seasonal variation of patient symptoms. 608 patients who gave consent and were found fit for skin prick tests underwent the tests and were analysed for allergy profile of the patients in different seasons.Results: The majority of patients were females and of younger age group. The majority of the patients had nasal symptoms and these symptoms were more in summer and rainy season during which pine mix and grass pollen were common allergens. Pulmonary symptoms were maximum in winters with dust mite and moulds being the common allergens. Dust mite was overall the most common allergen involved. Sensitization to allergens was less in winter months.Conclusions: This study focussed on seasonal variation of allergies and found pine mix and grass pollens to be major cause of nasal allergy and dust mite and mould mix to mainly cause pulmonary symptoms.

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“…Studies have demonstrated the long-term efficacy and the preventive effect of immunotherapy in reducing the development of new allergy. A review by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester confirmed the safety and efficacy of allergen immunotherapy [2] for allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis, allergic forms of asthma, and stinging insect based on numerous well-designed scientific studies. Additionally, national and international guidelines confirm the clinical efficacy of injection immunotherapy in rhinitis and asthma, as well as the safety, provided that recommendations are followed.…”

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“…Later, it became clear that several different disease mechanisms were implicated, with the common link to a disordered activation of the immune system. In 1963, a new classification scheme was designed by Philip Gell and Robin Coomb that described four types of hyper sensitivity reactions known as Type I to Type IV hypersensitivity [2]. With this new classification, the word ''allergy'' was restricted to only type I hypersensitivities (also called immediate hypersensitivity), which are characterized as rapidly developing reactions.…”

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Skin Prick Testing and Immunotherapy in Nasobronchial Allergy: Our Experience

Lal

Waghray

Kishore

2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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In the present study of 331 patients suffering from signs/symptoms of nasal allergy, 9 nasal polyps, allergic conjunctivitis and allergic asthma, who were referred by clinician, were taken up for diagnosis of allergy with skin prick test (Ten et al. Mayo Clin Proc 70(8):783-784, 1995) and subjective improvement of patients by immunotherapy. Out of 331 patients tested 321 patients showed significant positive results and rest of them tested negative for allergy. High incidences of positive results were noted in third and fourth decade age of patients. Dust and pollen allergens were positive in most of the patients compare to insect's antigens. Among the pollen antigens tested, those of Parthenium hysterophorus was found to be the most common (30%) followed by Prosopis julifora (25%). 75.22% patients were positive to house dust, 19.33% patients were positive to Aspergillus moulds. D. farinae was the most common offender amongst the mites. Patients who attended, allergy clinic in Kamineni Hospitals during the last 4 years were referral patients, who had been on prolonged treatment without much relief. Immunotherapy was advised to patients who were having perineal allergy, in whom, medical treatment had become only palliative. Immunotherapy injections were administered subcutaneously, and their results were monitored.

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Allergy Skin Testing

Cited by 21 publications

References 6 publications

Characteristics of Patients with Asthma Within a Large HMO

Characteristics of Patients with Asthma Within a Large HMO

Seasonal variation of allergy profile of patients visiting a tertiary care hospital in hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh

Skin Prick Testing and Immunotherapy in Nasobronchial Allergy: Our Experience

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