THE PREVALENCE OF ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS AMONG CHILDREN, DEPENDING ON THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE

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The study was carried out in the Ganja-Gazakh economic region of Azerbaijan. The total of 2,700 children and adolescents were observed: 300 children (150 boys and 150 girls) in each age group (5–9; 10–14; 15–19) in each type of locality (large city, small towns and rural settlements). The prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis at the age of 5–9 years and adolescents aged 10–14 years (19.4±1.3 % and 17.7±1.3 %) does not significantly differ from each other, but at the age of 15–19 years, this index increases statistically and is 25.8±1.5 %. In the family history of patients with allergic conjunctivitis, this pathology occurs in 42.1±2.1 % of cases in brothers and sisters, in 28.1±1.9 % of cases in mothers, in 22.6±1.8 % of cases in fathers, in 20.9±1.7 % of cases in other relatives. Patients with allergic conjunctivitis have a high relative risk of developing bronchial asthma (by 16.4 times), rhinitis, sinusitis and rhinosinusitis (by 2.4 times), otitis (by 1.8 times) and tonsillitis (by 2.0 times).

Keywords:

children adolescents allergic conjunctivitis bronchial asthma rhinitis

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Publication:

«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 17 No. 77 (2021) , с. 7-10
УДК 616-0563-08; 616-022. 8

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2021-3-77-7-10