Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients
Background: To correlate pollen count with pulmonary function tests in first degree asymptomatic relatives of asthmatic patients as well as in asthmatic patients as control sharing common genetic and environmental exposure. Methods: The study was cross-sectional comparative comprising of 120 subject...
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| description | Background: To correlate pollen count with
pulmonary function tests in first degree asymptomatic
relatives of asthmatic patients as well as in asthmatic
patients as control sharing common genetic and
environmental exposure.
Methods: The study was cross-sectional comparative
comprising of 120 subjects, of whom 60 were the first
degree asymptomatic relatives of non-asthmatic patients.
Portable office spirometry was carried out along with
pollen count on the same day taken from the meterological
department data.
Result: The spirometric variables like PEFR, FEV1,
FEV6 and FEV1/FEV6 were deranged as pollen count
increased. The changes in these variables were found to be
present before development of clinical signs and
symptoms of pollen allergy.
Conclusion: High risk individuals like first-degree
relatives not having symptoms of pollen allergy show
decrement in pulmonary function tests parameters during
high pollen count seasons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22b55577701f46dea7a4a4c1c83b770c2022-12-22T01:47:51ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702012-12-01162Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic PatientsSyed Muarraf Hussain0*Department of Physiology, Rawalpindi Medical College, RawalpindiBackground: To correlate pollen count with pulmonary function tests in first degree asymptomatic relatives of asthmatic patients as well as in asthmatic patients as control sharing common genetic and environmental exposure. Methods: The study was cross-sectional comparative comprising of 120 subjects, of whom 60 were the first degree asymptomatic relatives of non-asthmatic patients. Portable office spirometry was carried out along with pollen count on the same day taken from the meterological department data. Result: The spirometric variables like PEFR, FEV1, FEV6 and FEV1/FEV6 were deranged as pollen count increased. The changes in these variables were found to be present before development of clinical signs and symptoms of pollen allergy. Conclusion: High risk individuals like first-degree relatives not having symptoms of pollen allergy show decrement in pulmonary function tests parameters during high pollen count seasons.https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/555Pollen AllergyFirst degree relativePortable spirometryBronchial hyper responsiveness |
| spellingShingle | Syed Muarraf Hussain Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College Pollen Allergy First degree relative Portable spirometry Bronchial hyper responsiveness |
| title | Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients |
| title_full | Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients |
| title_fullStr | Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients |
| title_short | Effect of High Air-Borne Pollen Count on First Degree Asymptomatic Relatives of Asthmatic Patients |
| title_sort | effect of high air borne pollen count on first degree asymptomatic relatives of asthmatic patients |
| topic | Pollen Allergy First degree relative Portable spirometry Bronchial hyper responsiveness |
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