Prevalence of allergic rhinitis symptoms and positive skin-prick test results in patients with dry eye

BACKGROUND: Dry eye is characterized by decreased tear production and/or increased evaporation rates of the tear film barrier. Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory disease that develops through immunoglobulin E in the rhino-ocular mucosa due to allergens. To investigate the prevalence of allergic rhinitis symptoms and positive skin-prick test results in patients with dry eye.

METHODS: This is a case-control study. The study included 57 patients with dry eye and 48 healthy subjects. The prevalence of allergic symptoms and skin-prick test results were assessed and compared with the control group.

RESULTS: With regard to positive reactions to allergens in skin-prick tests, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergy (p = 0.0003), Dermatophagoides farinae allergy (p = 0.0003), grass-mix allergy (p = 0.049), Salicaces allergy (p = 0.006), and Compositae allergy (p = 0.019) were significantly observed to be higher in the group with dry eye. Nasal obstruction (p = 0.027), discharge (p = 0.0001), sneeze (p = 0.0003), itching (p = 0.0001), and postnasal drainage (p = 0.001) symptoms were observed to be significantly higher in the group with dry eye.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that there was a significant association between dry eye and allergic rhinitis with positive skin-prick test results. There may be a possible link between dry eye and allergy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

American journal of rhinology & allergy - 30(2016), 2 vom: 16. März, Seite e26-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yenigun, Alper [VerfasserIn]
Dadaci, Zeynep [VerfasserIn]
Sahin, Gulay Ozel [VerfasserIn]
Elbay, Ahmet [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37341-29-0
Antigens, Dermatophagoides
Antigens, Plant
Immunoglobulin E
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.12.2016

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2500/ajra.2016.30.4275

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM258454113