ABSTRACT
A number of unconventional approaches, some of them autochthonous and some imported from other regions of the world, have been used for many years by practitioners and folk healers in Latin America. Most of these methods remain unproven and cannot be recommended for routine use today. However, it must be said that some of them look interesting and need further investigation, since they might provide additional information about the pathogenesis and new ways for the control of allergic diseases and asthma.
Subject(s)
Complementary Therapies , Hypersensitivity/drug therapy , Asthma/drug therapy , Humans , South AmericaABSTRACT
Forty asthmatic patients with age ranges from 5 to 46 years were studied with three extracts in intradermal skin test: Dermatophagoides 1/10, Cheylatus 1/100 and house dust 1/500 w/v. Eighty five percent of patients were sensitive to house dust, 57.8% to Dermatophagoides and 55% to Cheylatus. Forty percent were positive to the three antigens and 12.5% were negative to these antigens. As the Cheylatus have been fed with Dermatophagoides, the positive reactions observed for the former could be influenced by this type of feeding. Therefore, Cheylatus must not be used in the patients' home for eradication of mites.
