Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by episodic airflow obstruction, airways hyper‐responsiveness to common provocative and inflammation. It is one of the common chronic disease in children worldwide. To study the prevalence of Bronchial Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis in school children of Jaipur (urban and rural). Study conducted on 4500 school going children of 6‐18 years of age from May 2020 to July 2021 by Stratified random sampling. All children 6‐18 years from the selected schools who willing to participate in our study (parents in case of younger children) A standard (predesigned validated) questionnaire was provided to children and their parents. The Questionnaire were collected after online submission and checked by researcher and according to scoring labeled as bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis. Male children were 2350 (52.22%) and female children were 150 (47.78%). The prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma were 15.68 12.62%, respectively. The prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma showed an increasing trend as the age increases. Both allergic diseases are existing as co morbidities in a significant proportion of children demanding a comprehensive strategic approach to deal with them.
How to cite this article:
Sunil Kumar Garhwal, Kapil Sharma, Rakesh Yadav and Sangeeta Choudhary. Prevalence of Bronchial Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis in School Children of Jaipur.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.8.25.28
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.8.25.28