surgery of pollen allergies in six villages of Islamabad

ABSTRACT

This investigative research was carried out in 6 villages within 20 kilometres of central Islamabad to determine the incidence and prevalence of pollen allergy and factor associated with it. Using a cluster sampling method, a survey of 347 households was conducted. Show that 33% of the total study population was suffering from more than one type of pollen allergy. The highest number of casualties occurred during the months of February and March and the most affected persons were those aged 40 years or above followed by children in the age category of 7-19 years. An important finding was that the prevalence of allergies was higher amongst women as compared to men. The symptoms of allergies in more than 39% of the patients lasted for a minimum of 60 days or more. Also indicate that the recommended immunotherapy was neither a preventive measure nor a permanent cure against widespread pollen allergies