House dust mite avoidance measures for perennial allergic rhinitis

Sheikh, Aziz; Hurwitz, Brian; Shehata, Yasser

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001563.pub2

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“…Control measures against inhalant allergens, although controversial, 29,30 are recommended on a routine basis by consensuses. 5,6 Only 13.6% of mouth-breathers in our study used mattress and pillow covers.…”

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Avaliação de atopia em crianças respiradoras bucais atendidas em centro de referência

Barros¹,

Becker²,

Pinto³

2006

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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Objective: A mouth breather is someone who uses his/her oral cavity as main airway during breathing. This is a syndrome with several etiologies, but allergic rhinitis plays a key role due to its high prevalence. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of atopy among mouth-breathing patients referred to a tertiary care center in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out at Hospital das Clínicas of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Patients aged 2 to 12 years, admitted between November 2002 and April 2004, were included. Parents or surrogates completed a comprehensive questionnaire, and patients were submitted to a skin test for inhalant allergens. A total of 140 patients participated in the study. Those with a positive result for at least one allergen were regarded as atopic. The statistical analyses were made using SPSS, with univariate analyses followed by logistic regression.Results: Of 140 patients, 44.3% (62/140) obtained positive results on the allergic test. Mites were the most predominant allergens, with a positive rate of 100% among atopic patients. In the multivariate analysis, atopy was significantly associated with the male sex (p = 0.05), presence of asthma (p = 0.014), lower number of people sleeping in the same room with the patient (p = 0.005), absence of passive smoking (p = 0.005) and absence of sleep apnea (p = 0.003). Conclusion:The high prevalence of positive results on the allergic test highlights the importance of allergologic investigation in mouth-breathers, since allergy has specific treatments that may reduce morbidity in these patients when properly used.J Pediatr (Rio J). 2006;82(6):458-64: Atopy, allergic rhinitis, mouth-breathers, allergen, dust mites.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Avaliação de atopia em crianças respiradoras bucais atendidas em centro de referência

Barros¹,

Becker²,

Pinto³

2006

J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)

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“…A systematic review of dust mite allergen avoidance has shown that single measures are not effective in reducing symptoms of allergic rhinitis (1429). A similar review was published for asthma (1430).…”

Section: Inhalant-allergen Avoidancementioning

confidence: 98%

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

Bousquet¹,

Khaltaev²,

Cruz³

et al. 2008

Allergy

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“…If so, this would mean that our findings suggest an over-optimistic assessment of the possible benefits associated with OIT. In keeping with the approach we have used in other disease contexts, [35][36][37] we plan to update this review at regular intervals which will allow us to incorporate studies that have been published after the cut-off date for our searches and thereby maintain oversight of key developments in this important field of enquiry.…”

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confidence: 99%