DOES THE CHILDHOOD ALLERGY DEVELOP THE ADULTHOOD ALLERGY?

Abstract

We surveyed by questionnaire 169 medical students mean aged 24.7 years old with symptoms suggested allergic diseases in childhood and adulthood.In childhood, asthmatic symptoms (AS) were reported by 18.3%, nasal symptoms (NS) were 34.9%, dermal symptoms (DS) were 26.6%, ocular symptoms (OS) were 20.1%, pollinosis symptoms (PS) were 9.5%, drug hypersensitivities (DH) were 4.1%, food hypersensitivities (FH) were 7.1%. In adulthood, AS were reported by 24.9%, NS were 43.2%, DS were 26.6%, (OS) were 32.0%, PS symptoms were 18.6%, DH were 3.6%, FH were 4.1%. The remission rates from all symptoms suggested allergic diseases were not low, AS were 16.1%, NS were 8.5%, DS were 8.9%, (OS) were 5.9%, PS were 0%, DS were 0%, FH were 25.0%. And the adulthood onset rates without any symptoms in childhood were low, AS were 26.1%, NS were 26.0%, DS were 20.0%, (OS) were 31.5%, PS were 28.1%, DH were 33.3%, FH were 0%.These results might be suggest that the childhood allergy did not easily remit, but easily developed the adulthood allrgy.