Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Epidemiology of asthma, rhinitis and allergy
Disease area: Airway diseases

Abstract

In recent years the number of people affected by allergic respiratory diseases has been constantly increasing. Since 1977, the Allergy Unit has been opened in the Institute of Pulmonary Diseases in Sremska Kamenica , daily admitting the patients with the symptoms of rhinitis and conjunctivitis, performing regular controls of asthmatics and registering new asthmatic patients. Over the year 2001 there were 1801 patient from the whole region of Vojvodina examined at the Allergy Unit,of them,785 were submitted to a skin Prick test,and 278(35,41%)patients had allergy to pollens. Among them, 95 new asthmatics were registered, 47 males (49,47%) and 48 females (50,53%), the majority at very young ages. The examination resulting in a polyvalent sensitization finding in 61 patients (66,36%) and a monovalent one in 23 (25%) patients. Pollen hypersensitivity was evidenced in 59 patients (62,1%), the majority of them had grass pollen allergy - 49 patients (53,26%) and a 49 patients (53,26%) exhibited weed pollen allergy to, while the fewest - 16 patients (17,39%) had tree pollen allergy. Due to the above evidence, it has become quite clear that besides an adequate treatment, effective preventive measures should be undertaken, including permanent removal of the weeds from the living environment by regular mowing, for example. The quantity of allergens would thus be reduced, resulting in lessened symptoms of allergic respiratory diseases and fewer new patients.

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D. D. Stanojev-Jovanovic, M. Petrovic, I. Andrijevic, D. Jaric, S. Krunic, O. Maksimovic (Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia). Effects of airborne pollen on the allergic respiratory diseases. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 813

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