농촌아동들의 벌독 알레르기에 관한 역학적 임상적 조사(제일보)

Abstract

As the first step to evaluate the prevalence of bee venom allergy in Korea , a basic survey was done in 668 elementary school children (341 boys and 327 girls) of a rural area in Chungcheong province. History takings and skin tests showed the following results 1. 448 chiloren (67.1%, 229 boys and 219 girls) had previous history of bee sting, and 16 children (2.4 %, 9 boys and 7 girls) had experienced systemic reactions after bee sting, which were regarded as bee venom allergy. 2. In children with bee venom allergy, there was no significant difference between ages or sexes and no remarkable personal history of atopic diseases. 3. The symptoms of bee venom allergy were generalized urticaria angioedema and dizziness probably due to vascular collapse. The sting site were extremities, head and neck and abdomen etc. in decreasing frequency. All the responsible bees belonged to Vespoidea 4. Skin tests were perfermed in 9 children using 1% whole body extract of honeybee (Apis mellifera). and positive reactions were showed in 6. But it was not clear that this meant the cross'allergenecity between bee species.