The incidence and familial occurrence of allergy

摘要: Abstract Allergy questionnaires were given to 1,000 consecutive patients in a large medical clinic. An incidence of 19.8 per cent seasonal allergy was found this survey. Only 34.3 the survey population gave no indication past or present symptoms which might be allergic. Of allergic patients, 82 had hay fever, 16 fever and asthma, 1.5 asthma. The relatives with varied patients' complaints. Forty-one rhinitis 9 asthma fever. Forty-four near both pollenosis 25 only. During 10 years, 37 indicated improvement disappearance symptoms, 45 that their worse. Seventy-two improved disappeared, but 6 claimed increased symptoms. Fifteen colds year compared 32 nonallergic patients. Seven seasonally three more 1.4