Prevalence of aeroallergens sensitivity in asthmatic patients from Ahvaz

Background: asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of theairways which is associated with the triad of cough, wheezingand dyspnea. different allergens can cause allergic symptoms.identification of allergens was essential in each region for theprevention and treatment of allergic diseases. the purpose ofthis study was to determine sensitivity to common aeroallergensby skin prick test.material and methods: in this cross sectional study, 111volunteers with the sign and symptoms of allergic diseases whoreferred to ahvaz jahad-e-daneshgahi polyclinic during 2010-2011 were investigated. all patients were subjected to skinprick test with 24 common allergenic extracts. data wereanalyzed by spss-18 software using chi square test.results: ninety nine patients (89.2%) had positive skin test toat least one of the aeroallergens. common outdoor allergens(88%) were higher than indoor allergens (73%). outdoorallergens with lots of weeds (86%) were the most commonallergens. and also among the weeds, salsola kali were thehighest frequency (86.2%); and among the indoor allergen,mites were the highest frequency (40.8%). the averageconcentration of total serum ige levels in patients with positivereactions was 156 iu / ml.conclusion: weeds and mites were the most common cause ofasthmatic diseases in ahvaz. identifying and determining themost common allergens in the region can provide the necessaryrecommendations to patients took an important step incontrolling and preventing disease.