Abstract :
Background: Allergic rhinitis accounts for a significant burden of allergy in whole world. Precise identification of allergens is worthwhile since it may lead to improvement in therapy. So we conducted an observational study of common allergens by skin prick test in a group of patients.
Materials and Methods: A total of 2300 skin prick test were done using 46 common inhalant allergens on 50 patients of allergic rhinitis.
Results: Males were the predominant group of patients, and Allergic rhinitis was more common in 21- 29 years age group in our study. Frequency of positive skin prick test response to various group of allergens were- pollen (80%), dust (70%), mite(52%), lnsects (50%), fungi(48%) and epithelial antigen(20%).overall, pollen of parthenium (70%) followed by house dust(64%) were found to be the most common offending allergens.
Conclusion: Skin prick test used to identify the putative allergens is valuable to the patients for instituting avoidance therapy and immunotherapy efficiently and economically.
Keyword :
Allergic rhinitis, Skin prick test, Aeroallergens.