Po PolskuE.N.T. Allergy Clinic, Medical School, Warsaw, Poland
Published in: R. Spiewak (Editor): "Pollens and Pollinosis: Current Problems". Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin (Poland) 1995, page 50.
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The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of positive skin-test reactions to selected summer pollen allergens.
1337 patients from Warsaw and its immediate vicinity with a preliminary laryngologic diagnosis of upper-airways allergy were examined in the E. N. T. Allergy Clinic, Medical School, Warsaw. Their examination involved subjective and objective studies as well as the scarification test, using 47 Allpyral allergens. After 20-30 minutes the test scores were read and the results of positive skin test reactions counted. The frequeny of the positive reactions was demonstrated on a four-grade scale: "0" (0-2 mm), "+" (3-5 mm), "++" (6-10 mm), and "+++" (over 10 mm skin test reaction).
680 (50.9%) patients showed positive skin-test reactions. This subgroup reacted to following to the allergens of grasses (52.2%), rye (51.8%), and trees (12.4%). Other plants provoked the following positive reactions: oat grass (49.3%), timothy grass (45.0%), ash-tree (3.7%), willow (2.2%), meadow grass (52.2%), orchard grass (59.4%), wheat (47.2%), birch (10.4%), a combination of five flowers (20.3%), tussock-grass (Poa; 48.1%), rye-grass (37.1%), soft grass (45.0%), hazel (6.0%), white poplar (7.2%), golden rod (9.6%), fescue (50.7%), alder (7.5%), linden (1.2%), maple (2.8%), and ambrosia (4.6%). House-dust mites provoked 17.8% (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) and 21.8% (Dermatophagoides farinae) of positive skin-test reactions, respectively.
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