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Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue

INTRODUCTION: Allergic diseases are becoming more prevalent in elderly patients. Allergic diseases have been observed in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The prevalence of atopic bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis was analyzed in such elderly Polish population. AIM: Ana...

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Autores principales: Bożek, Andrzej, Bednarski, Piotr, Jarzab, Jerzy
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5110626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881942
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2016.62842
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author Bożek, Andrzej
Bednarski, Piotr
Jarzab, Jerzy
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description INTRODUCTION: Allergic diseases are becoming more prevalent in elderly patients. Allergic diseases have been observed in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The prevalence of atopic bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis was analyzed in such elderly Polish population. AIM: Analysis of the presence of allergic diseases in the patients with AD in Poland, including asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The recruitment of subjects with AD was conducted at 6 sites representative of Polish rural and urban areas, and 1060 subjects with a mean age of 69.2 ±5.1 years were screened. Medical examinations, an original questionnaire, skin prick testing for common aeroallergens and appropriate serum-specific IgE assays were performed. RESULTS: Probable atopy was diagnosed in 234 (22.1%) analyzed patients, including 127 women (21.5% of women) and 234 men (22.8% of men). The average prevalence associated with age and sex in this population for bronchial asthma was 2.9%, atopic dermatitis/eczema was 0.6%, seasonal allergic rhinitis was 6.6%, perennial allergic rhinitis was 11.1% and polymorphous atopic disease was 4.4%. The most frequent positive results were recorded for the following allergens: mixed grass, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae and Alternaria. CONCLUSIONS: One-fifth of diagnosed patients with AD have allergic disease requiring treatment.
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spelling pubmed-51106262016-11-23 Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue Bożek, Andrzej Bednarski, Piotr Jarzab, Jerzy Postepy Dermatol Alergol Original Paper INTRODUCTION: Allergic diseases are becoming more prevalent in elderly patients. Allergic diseases have been observed in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The prevalence of atopic bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis was analyzed in such elderly Polish population. AIM: Analysis of the presence of allergic diseases in the patients with AD in Poland, including asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The recruitment of subjects with AD was conducted at 6 sites representative of Polish rural and urban areas, and 1060 subjects with a mean age of 69.2 ±5.1 years were screened. Medical examinations, an original questionnaire, skin prick testing for common aeroallergens and appropriate serum-specific IgE assays were performed. RESULTS: Probable atopy was diagnosed in 234 (22.1%) analyzed patients, including 127 women (21.5% of women) and 234 men (22.8% of men). The average prevalence associated with age and sex in this population for bronchial asthma was 2.9%, atopic dermatitis/eczema was 0.6%, seasonal allergic rhinitis was 6.6%, perennial allergic rhinitis was 11.1% and polymorphous atopic disease was 4.4%. The most frequent positive results were recorded for the following allergens: mixed grass, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae and Alternaria. CONCLUSIONS: One-fifth of diagnosed patients with AD have allergic disease requiring treatment. Termedia Publishing House 2016-10-21 2016-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5110626/ /pubmed/27881942 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2016.62842 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Termedia Sp. z o.o. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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Bożek, Andrzej
Bednarski, Piotr
Jarzab, Jerzy
Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title_full Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title_fullStr Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title_full_unstemmed Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title_short Allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
title_sort allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and other allergies in patients with alzheimer’s disease: unnoticed issue
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5110626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881942
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2016.62842
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