RESUMO
The prevalence of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis seeking medical attention by the primary care practitioner, pediatrician, and allergist demands an understand of aspects involved in its treatment, particularly the use of antibiotics to relieve the symptoms.
Assuntos
Medicamentos para o Sistema Respiratório/uso terapêutico , Rinite/terapia , Sinusite/terapia , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Criança , Doença Crônica , Terapia Combinada , Antagonistas dos Receptores Histamínicos/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Descongestionantes Nasais/uso terapêutico , Nebulizadores e Vaporizadores , Infecções Respiratórias/complicações , Infecções Respiratórias/tratamento farmacológico , Rinite/etiologia , Sinusite/etiologia , Irrigação TerapêuticaRESUMO
UNLABELLED: The rhinosinusitis es becoming a more common diagnosis in the practice of the allergist, in this retrospective langencial study of one year (1993) we found this disease occurred in the 42% of the total consultation demanding our service. There was not difference by sex, and by age were more prevalent under 15 years (57%). ETIOLOGY: the allergic represented 57% of patients infectious in 25% and both in 18%. Mites were the most frequent antigen found positive buy skin test.
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Rinite/epidemiologia , Sinusite/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , México/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Estudos Retrospectivos , Rinite Alérgica Perene/epidemiologiaRESUMO
A study was conducted in order to know whether the prevalence of allergic illnesses, in an open population, has changed in the last 10 years. For the study, 243 families from the Monterrey metropolitan area, were randomly selected, using a questionnaire. Of the total number of families studied, 95 were found to have some kind of allergic disease, 11.2% of 1207 people interviewed.