The Prevalence of Allergic Diseases in Poland - the Results of the PMSEAD Study in Relation to Gender Differences.

Background: Males and females exhibit different susceptibility to allergic diseases.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate gender-related differences in the prevalence of allergic diseases in Poland.

Material And Methods: To evaluate this problem, data from the Polish Multicenter Study of the Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases (PMSEAD) was analyzed.

[The evaluation of useful breath actuated inhalers by preschool asthmatic children].

Clinical efficacy of breath actuated devices depend on value of Peak Inspiratory Flow (PIF), in consequence they are used in older children. Therefore the aim of our study was to assess the ability to use breath actuated inhalers in preschool stable asthmatic children. 156 children aged (mean and 95% CI) 4.

Passive smoking does not increase hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in exhaled breath condensate in 9-year-old healthy children.

Environmental tobacco smoke, also called passive smoking, was shown to have adverse effects on the health of children. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is proposed as a sensitive marker of oxidative injury and inflammatory processes in the airways, being increased in adult active cigarette smokers. We tested whether passive smoking had an influence on H2O2 exhalation in healthy children.

[Risk factors for atopy in schoolchildren from Cracow].

The aim of the study was to assess atopy and its risk factors in school children from Cracow. A survey of atopy in the 223 children, aged 12-14 years, in relation to developmental, environmental and social factors, was conducted in the three districts of Cracow. Atopic sensitization (SPT > 3 mm) was more prevalent in children from highly polluted district of the Stare Miasto than in children living in Prokocim and Nowa Huta (34.