Common Allergens in patients with Allergic disorders in Zahedan

Hossein Ali Khazaei; SR Hashemi; A Aghamohammadi; AH Farhoudi; N Rezaei

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Common Allergens in patients with Allergic disorders in Zahedan

Author(s):

Hossein Ali Khazaei^1,*,

SR Hashemi²,

A Aghamohammadi³,

AH Farhoudi³,

N Rezaei³

1Immunology and Hematology dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health Services, Zahedan, Iran.

2Internal disease dept, faculty of medicine, Zahedan University of medical sciences and health services, Zahedan, Iran.

3Immunology and Pediatric Allergic Center dept, faculty of medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences and health services, Tehran, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 4, issue 3; e95324

Published online:Sep 10, 2002

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 01, 2002

Accepted:Aug 08, 2002

How to Cite:Hossein Ali KhazaeiSR HashemiA AghamohammadiAH FarhoudiN RezaeiCommon Allergens in patients with Allergic disorders in Zahedan.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.4(3):e95324.

Abstract

Allergens cause different sign and symptoms in patients with allergic disorders. In order to
determine the common allergens among patients with allergic disorders in Zahedan City, center of
Sistan-Blouchestan province, this study was performed.
Eight hundred and ninety-four patients who referred to Immunology and Allergy Medical Center
of Khatam Hospital during 36 months period (2000-2003) was studied. Skin-prick tests (SPTs) to
common allergens were performed in all of the patients.
Eight hundred and ninety-four patients (382 male and 512 female), aged 2-70 years, had allergic
disorders. The most frequent allergic disease was rhinitis, seen in 481 patients (53.8%). The other
common disorders were asthma in 215 patients (24.1%), and urticaria in 137 cases (15.3%).
Among the SPT-positive patients, a positive prick test reaction to the house dust mites (86.4%),
Feathers (75.5%), and Aspergillus (51.1%) was most common, followed by Cladosporium (39.8%),
Alternaria (37.9%), Trees (37.7%), Penicillium (36.6%), Weeds (34.9%), and Fruits (31.2%). Also,
23.8% of the subjects were sensitized to Grasses in the prick test, Hen's egg (21.8%), Walnut (16.7),
Cow's milk (14.4%), Beef meat (11.6%), and Hazel nut (8.6%) accounting for other positive
reactions.
The prevalence of common allergens especially mite allergen is high among patients with
allergic disorders in Zahedan.

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