2013•Unpublished venueRequires access
Skin Prick Test Reactivity to Common Aeroallergens among Patients with Rhinitis
Samiah Yasmin Ak, Karim Al-Jashamy, Rohaini Mohamed, Saeid R Doustjalali, S Gendeh, A Masita
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Abstract
Among the 89-rhinitis patients, the occurrence of skin prick test (SPT) positive was 76.4%. The most common positive SPT reaction occurred with house dust mite (69.7%), followed by cat fur (41.6%), mixed cockroach (25.8%), mixed grass (7.9%) and pollen (6.7%). A history of asthma was elicited in 24.7% of patients and out of that, more than three quarters (86.4%) have positive SPT. History of eczema was elicited in 20.2% and nearly all of them (88.9%) have positive SPT. Rhinitis patients with a history of asthma and eczema (triad) was elicited in 23.6% and out of which, 85.7% have positive SPT as compared with only 53.6% of patients with rhinitis alone having positive SPT (p = 0.01. In conclusion, more than three quarters of patient with rhinitis have positive SPT and more than 85% of patients suffering from rhinitis with coexisting allergic disease have positive SPT.