dermatitis/fever

OBJECTIVE To investigate the hygiene (or "old friends") hypothesis in a high-infectious disease (ID) environment, rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. METHODS Among a cross-sectional sample of 2- to 7-year-old children, we collected physician-diagnosed hay fever, asthma, and eczema, history of

Surveys of primary schools children in Aberdeen carried out in 1964, 1989, 1994 and 1999 suggested a slowing of the increase in parent-reported wheeze between 1994 and 1999. To assess whether this pattern had continued, questionnaires were distributed to 5712 children aged 7-12 years in the same

Asthma, hay fever and eczema are three comorbid diseases with high prevalence and heritability. Their common genetic architectures have not been well-elucidated. In this study, we first conducted a linkage disequilibrium score regression analysis to confirm the strong genetic correlations between

A 72-year-old woman with a history of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and recent recurrence visited our department complaining of several painful edematous nodules with blisters on her face. She had iteratively developed cutaneous eruptions after every treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating

BACKGROUND We compared patterns of genetic and environmental influences on variation in liability for asthma, hay fever and eczema with those for symptoms of the same diseases, and determined how common sets of genes and environmental factors contribute to the relationship between diseases and

OBJECTIVE To examine whether prenatal occupational exposures, especially to organic solvents, are associated with atopic diseases in childhood. METHODS The study comprised children born in Odense or Aalborg, Denmark between 1984 and 1987. Occupational job titles were derived from questionnaires

BACKGROUND Atopic diseases, for example, eczema, asthma, and hay fever, are among the most common chronic diseases of childhood. Knowledge on health service use among children with atopic disease is limited. This study aimed to investigate the total use and costs of health services for children with

The national prevalence of asthma, hay fever and eczema, employing the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire, was determined during 1995 in 3148 Junior Certificate secondary school children aged 13-14 years throughout the Republic of Ireland. The prevalence

BACKGROUND Filaggrin gene (FLG) mutations contribute to the development of eczema and asthma, but their contribution to sensitization and hay fever remains unclear. METHODS FLG mutations R501X, 2282del4 and R2447X were genotyped in the Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy birth cohort

In a genome-wide association study, a common variant on chromosome 11q13.5 (rs7927894[T]) has been identified as a susceptibility locus for eczema. We aimed to analyze the effect of this risk variant on asthma and hay fever and to determine its impact on the general population level in over 9300

This study aimed to examine the association of eczema, asthma and hay fever with mental health in a general child population and to assess the influence of parental socioeconomic position on these associations. We conducted a cross-sectional health survey of children aged 3, 6, 11 and 15 years in

BACKGROUND The atopic march hypothesis proposes that eczema precedes the development of asthma and allergic rhinitis. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the evidence for a causal effect of infantile eczema on childhood hay fever, asthma, or both. METHODS We used parental reports on infantile eczema and

BACKGROUND Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease with a global prevalence ranging from 3% to 20%. Patients with AD have an increased risk for complications after viral infection (eg, herpes simplex virus), and vaccination of patients with AD with live vaccinia virus is

In a questionnaire survey of 2,813 children aged 4 to 19 years, eczema prevalence was 7.8% but rose to 21.3% in those with asthma. The prevalence was 5.9% in non-asthmatics. The hay fever prevalence was 12.3% but rose to 36% in those with asthma. The prevalence was 8.9% in non-asthmatics. Hay fever

UNASSIGNED The aim of this study was to longitudinally assess the prevalence of allergic sensitization, asthma, eczema and hay fever from infancy to adulthood in a single cohort. UNASSIGNED This prospective study is based on a longitudinal birth cohort of 253 participants, with respiratory and