STUDY OF INFANTILE ASTHMA-RELATED ALLERGIC FACTORS

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess some allergic factors which infantile bronchial asthmatics (BA) developed as compared to only wheezy bronchitis patients (WB) and those with only atopic dermatitis (AD).The subjects of this study were observed in this clinic for more than two years during their childhood. The BA group had 56 cases. The WB group had 53 cases. The AD group had 50 cases.1. The improvement rate of the BA group was 85.7%. The no-symptom rate was 10.7%.2. Both IgE RIST value and specific IgE RAST positive rate for dermatophagoides farinae and rice were higher in BA group than WB and AD groups then, IgE positive rate for wheat in BA group than AD group.3. There was no great difference between the three as regards the number of eosinophil in peripheral blood.4. The rate of patients transferred from WB group to BA group at the age of 2 and over was 18.9%. These patients belong to the transferred patient's group.5. Both the IgE RIST value and the specific IgE RAST positive rate for food allergens at the age of 2 and over were higher in the transferred patients' group than in the WB and the completely recovered patients' group.From the above mentioned results, some allergic factors which infantile bronchial asthmatics developed were a high IgE RIST value and a high positive rate of specific IgE level for dermatophagoides farinae rice and wheat.