PMID- 28428968
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240325
IS  - 2322-4436 (Print)
IS  - 2322-3219 (Electronic)
IS  - 2322-3219 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Spring
TI  - Allergic Conjunctivitis in Patients with Respiratory Allergic Symptoms; a 
      Retrospective Study in Greece.
PG  - 3-9
AB  - Here, we report on the prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis and positive skin 
      prick test (SPT) results in relation to respiratory allergic conditions among 
      patients with symptoms of allergies at a respiratory outpatient clinic. A 
      questionnaire survey of symptoms (i.e., asthma-like, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis 
      symptoms) involving 1522 patients was carried out. The responses of 1242 patients 
      indicated that they had allergic conjunctivitis, asthma, rhinitis, or a 
      combination of these conditions, and 869 of these patients underwent SPTs that 
      assessed responses to 40 allergens. Allergic conjunctivitis was found to be very 
      common (40%, 497 out of 1242 patients) among those with symptoms of allergies. 
      Conjunctivitis was slightly more common among women, while rhinitis was more 
      common among men. Patients with both conjunctivitis and rhinitis were more likely 
      to undergo SPTs, and they had a higher rate of positive SPTs. The coexistence of 
      two or more comorbidities increased the risk of having an immunoglobulin E 
      (IgE)-mediated allergy (based on the SPT results) compared to having each of the 
      conditions alone. In conclusion, allergic conjunctivitis can occur either alone 
      or with asthma and/or rhinitis. It is not always accompanied by rhinitis, but the 
      coexistence of these conditions was the strongest indicator of IgE-mediated 
      allergies.
FAU - Michailopoulos, Pavlos
AU  - Michailopoulos P
AD  - Pulmonary Department, 424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece.
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Almaliotis, Diamantis
AU  - Almaliotis D
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Georgiadou, Irini
AU  - Georgiadou I
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Papakosta, Despina
AU  - Papakosta D
AD  - Pulmonary Department of G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of 
      Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Gougoulias, Kyriakos
AU  - Gougoulias K
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Giouleka, Paschalina
AU  - Giouleka P
AD  - Pulmonary Department of G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of 
      Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Gioulekas, Dimitrios
AU  - Gioulekas D
AD  - Pulmonary Department of G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of 
      Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Siempis, Thomas
AU  - Siempis T
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Karampatakis, Vasileios
AU  - Karampatakis V
AD  - Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol
JT  - Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal
JID - 101611331
PMC - PMC5392226
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Allergic Comorbidities
OT  - Allergic Conjunctivitis
OT  - Allergic Rhinitis
OT  - Asthma
OT  - Skin Prick Tests
COIS- None declared. All the aforementioned authors met the International Committee of 
      Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this manuscript, take 
      responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have provided 
      approval for the revised manuscript to be published.
EDAT- 2017/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/22 06:01
PMCR- 2017/03/01
CRDT- 2017/04/22 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/22 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - mehdiophth-6-003 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2017 Spring;6(1):3-9.