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4.Frequency of Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Rhinitis in Known Patients of Bronchial Asthma

Asif Afzal, Muhammad Farooq Malik, Hamid Shafi, Sardar Muhammad Daud and Aisha Farooq

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the incidence of the atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis in adult known patients of bronchial asthma.

Study Design: cross-sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the department of Medicine, CMH hospital, Nowshera, from January 2021 to September 2021.

Materials and Methods: A total of 100 patients suffering from bronchial asthma were included in this study and patient that had history of COPD were excluded from the study. They were interviewed by an independent researcher. The age, gender, smoking status, residence, exposure to animals /livestock and the duration of asthma was noted in a predefined proforma. The frequency of asthma was calculated and the degree of asthma was also classified.  SPSS version 24 was used for data analysis and cutoff for significance was p≤0.05.

Results: Out of total patients, 39 (39.0%) were suffered with atopic dermatitis and 61 (61.0%) and 72 (72.0%) suffered from allergic rhinitis. The average age in atopic dermatitis and non-atopic dermatitis patients was almost equal, (p=0.882). Males were most common in atopic dermatitis patients as 33 (84.6%) and females were most common in 61 (100.0%) in non- atopic dermatitis patients, (p<0.001). Smoking was the most common 38 (97.4%) in atopic dermatitis patients, (p<0.001). All the atopic dermatitis patients lived in urban area, (p<0.001). Further, all the atopic dermatitis patients had animal livestock, (p<0.001). Atopic dermatitis patients was most common in allergic rhinitis, Asthma class and Allergic rhinitis class, (p<0.001).

Conclusion: There is a higher prevalence of atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis in patients that are treated as bronchial asthma patients. Further studies are needed to ascertain the risk factors associated with atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma.

Key Words: Atopic dermatitis, Asthma, Allergic asthma, Bronchial asthma

Citation of article: Afzal A, Malik MF, Shafi H, Daud SM, Farooq A. Frequency of Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Rhinitis in Known Patients of Bronchial Asthma. Med Forum 2022;33(11):14-17.