Avoidance Behavior against Positive Allergens Detected with a Multiple Allergen Simultaneous Test Immunoblot Assay in Patients with Urticaria: Factors Associated with Avoidance Success/Failure
Annals of Dermatology
;
: 80-85, 2016.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-223548
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Avoidance behavior against positive allergens detected by using multiple allergen simultaneous test (MAST)-immunoblot assay in patients with urticaria has been rarely reported.OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to assess the avoidance behavior of patients with urticaria against positive allergens detected with a MAST.METHODS:
One hundred and one urticaria patients who showed positivity to at least one allergen on a MAST completed a questionnaire regarding their test results. The avoidance behavior of the patients was evaluated, and relevant determining factors of avoidance success/failure were statistically assessed.RESULTS:
We detected 144 different data (n=51, food allergens; n=17, pollen allergens; and n=76, aeroallergens) from 101 patients with urticaria. The avoidance failure rates were 33.3% for food allergens, 70.6% for pollen allergens, and 30.3% for aeroallergens. The pollen group showed a significantly higher avoidance failure rate than the food and aeroallergen groups (p<0.05). The patients with higher educational levels or more severe urticaria tended to successfully avoid allergens (p<0.05). The monthly household income level and patients' reliability to the test showed borderline correlations (p=0.057 and p=0.075, respectively).CONCLUSION:
We believe that the results of this study could be helpful in predicting avoidance success or failure against allergens in patients with urticaria when clinicians conduct allergen-specific immunoglobulin E tests.
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Main subject:
Pollen
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Urticaria
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Immunoglobulin E
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Immunoglobulins
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Allergens
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Family Characteristics
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Dermatology
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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