Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-OROZCO, Alain Raimundo; HUATO PENALOZA, María Salomé  and  PONCE CASTRO, Hitzuri. Profile of consultation of allergic children from low income families. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2007, vol.79, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3119.

Allergic diseases are one of the main causes for seeing the doctor in childhood and their impact is more acute in low income families. An analytical descriptive study characterized the profile of medical consultation of the allergic child from Mexican low income families. Allergic diseases prevailed in males and at school age, and 71 % of the sick children lived in urban settings. Asthma was the most frequent diagnosis (64 %) followed by allergic rhinitis (30%), atopic dermatitis (6 %) and urticaria (3 %). The most commom reactivity rates in the cutaneous test were Dermatofagoides farinae (77 %), Dermatofagoides pteronyssinus (60 %), Phleum pratense (20 %), cat (17 %), dog (14 %) and Cynodon dactylon (11 %). The high level of family dysfunction and low adhesion to long therapies make it possible the persistence of symptoms and the uncertain prognosis in this group of children.

Keywords : allergies; children; low income families; profile of medical consultation.

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