The prevalence of childhood allergic diseases has been increasing in Taiwan. In Taipei area, according to the surveillance of Hsieh KH, the prevalence rate of childhood asthma increased from 1.3% in 1974 to 10.79% in 1994. The other allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and urticaria , have been also increasing in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan city by a serious studies in Western Taiwan. There is no any report of childhood allergic diseases in Eastern Taiwan till now. So, we want to analyze the prevalence of childhood allergic diseases and the common allergens in Eastern Taiwan.
From Nov. 2002 to Oct. 2004, all of the primary school children in Yu-Li town in Hualien county were included in this study. (total 2058 children of 12 school). All of them were surveyed with pediatric allergic diseases questionnaire (asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and urticaria). After the survey, the suspected allergic cases were analyzed for their hypersensitivity to the common allergens by allergen screening test and specific IgE exam of Pharmacia CAP system.
1816 children completed the questionnaire (completive rate 88.24%) and 688 (37.88%) children were suspected to have allergic diseases. 151 (8.87%) asthma¡F448 (24.67%) allergic rhinitis¡F70 (3.85%) atopic dermatitis¡F65 (3.58%) urticaria. A total of 623 suspected allergic cases were analyzed for their hypersensitivity to the common allergens. The common allergens were also analyzed. 87.7% allergic to D. pteronyssinus (Dp) ; 83.9% Blomia tropicalis (Bt) ; 35.0% German cockroach; 16.0% Dog dander; 7.5% Cat dander; 8.0% Candida albicans; 11.2% Bermuda grass; 38.6% shrimp; 33.1% crab; 26.6% milk; 14.3% egg white; 6.7% peanuts; 6.1% Cod fish; 5.4% Wheat; 4.7% Soya bean.
The prevalence of childhood allergic diseases in Eastern Taiwan is lower than Western Taiwan. The different envelopment and living type may be the major reasons. From this study, we also suggest that Blomia tropicalis (Bt) should be included in the common aeroallergy analysis in Eastern Taiwan.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0620106-134049 |
| Date | 20 June 2006 |
| Creators | Huang, Chun-fong |
| Contributors | none, YL Shiue, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0620106-134049 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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