Study of allergic symptoms in Salamanca province during 1989

Abstract

The variations of plasmatic IgE leve!s were studied in 20 patients previously diagnosed of rhinoconjunctivitis due to seasonal pollinosis during 1989. A group of 9 patients was instructed to filI up a diary of symptoms from April to July. These patients were then divided in two subgroups according they were steroids treated or nonsteroids treated; and also they were treated with immunotherapy, or not. It was found that living in countryside was a factor that increased the IgE level, maybe due to a greater contact with allergens. Nevertheless, the immunotherapy did not increase the IgE, but retarded the start and the end of symptoms. The steroid treated patients had a shorter period with symptoms, but they find a high variability, changing from low to high score in very few days. On the contrary, the non-steroid treated group had a higher score, but also a more stable clinical situation.