PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J F Price
AU  - J J Cogswell
AU  - M C Joseph
AU  - G M Cochrane
TI  - Exercise-induced bronchocontriction, skin sensitivity, and serum IgE in children with eczema.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.51.12.912
DP  - 1976 Dec 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 912--917
VI  - 51
IP  - 12
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/51/12/912.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/51/12/912.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1976 Dec 01; 51
AB  - Forty-two children with eczema were studied for exercise-induced astham (EIA), skin sensitivity to prick testing, blood eosinophil count, and immunoglobulins. 29 had a fall in peak expiratory flow rate after exercise greater than 20% and of these, 23 had symptoms of wheezing. 13 of the eczematous children showed a fall of less than 20%. The children with EIA showed greater cutaneous sensitivity (p less than 0.001) and a higher total serum IgE (p less than 0.025). 3 of the group with a fall of less than 20% had allergic rhinitis with skin sensitivity to grass pollen. The remaining 10 had no clinical evidence of allergic disease, other than eczema and skin sensitivity, and total IgE fell within the normal range. It is suggested that in a proportion of chilren with eczema there is little evidence of reaginic allergy.