Ocular allergy in children and adolescents
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Herberto Jose Chong-Neto [3] ; Cristine Rosario [1] ; Andrea Leonardi [2] ; Nelson Augusto Rosario Filho [1]
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[1] Universidade Federal do Paraná
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Brasil
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[2] University of Padua
University of Padua
Padova, Italia
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[3] Division of Allergy and Immunology-Federal University of Paraná, Brazil.
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- Localización: Allergologia et immunopathologia: International journal for clinical and investigate allergology and clinical immunology, ISSN-e 1578-1267, ISSN 0301-0546, Vol. 50, Nº. Extra 1, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Approach to immune-allergic diseases in childhood and adolescence), págs. 30-36
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The association between symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis (RC) and allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is frequent, and AC is considered a comorbidity of asthma and allergic rhinitis (AR). Ocular symptoms are often underestimated and undertreated.
Differences according to gender were reported, because girls present symptoms more frequently. The development of RC depends on genetic and environmental factors, and recent studies have indicated that gender, family history of atopy, early sensitization, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis are risk factors for allergic RC. There are six well-defined clinical forms of ocular allergy: seasonal AC, perennial AC, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis, and contact blepharoconjunctivitis.
