| Arch Dis Child. 1978 September; 53(9): 710–713. | PMCID: PMC1545128 |
House dust mite sensitivity in childhood asthma. J O Warner and J F Price Abstract The clinical features of perennial asthmatic children with a skin or bronchial reaction to the house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) were compared with those of asthmatic children without mite sensitivity. Mite sensitive asthma was characterised by an early age of onset of symptoms, these being predominantly nocturnal. A history of wheezing precipitated by dust exposure, during vacuuming, bedmaking, or dusting was present in 52% of cases. Asthmatic children with mite sensitivity were more likely to have been born at the time of the year when mite counts were highest. This was consistent with the idea that allergy may be associated with a period of susceptibility to sensitisation in early infancy. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (638K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - Aas, K. Bronchial provocation tests in asthma. Arch Dis Child. 1970 Apr;45(240):221–228. [PubMed]
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