Allergic rhinitis in cases of allergic conjunctivitis

To study the incidence of allergic rhinitis in cases of conjunctival allergy, 502 patients suffering from one form of conjunctival allergy were included in this study, about 80% of them were cases of simple conjunctival allergy, 17% were cases of vernal kerato-conjunctivitis, and 3.5% were cases of phlyctenulosis. Associated nasal allergy was found in 36.65% of all cases of conjunctival allergy, and this was marked in cases of simple allergy [42.5%]. None of cases of phlyctenular kerato-conjunctivitis showed nasal allergy