Pediatrics

Immunology

Allergy

Food allergy

Atopic dermatitis

Family history

Asthma

Epidemiology

Medicine

Dermatology

Disease

Internal medicine

Journal of Molecular Virology and Immunology

Allergy is an important health problem in preschool children and its prevalence is increasing. Allergy is especially common in nursery and preschool children. There is limited data on allergy epidemiology in children in Türkiye. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of allergy in nursery children and to determine the risk factors that lead to allergies. The descriptive cross-sectional field study was carried out between 01.11.2017 and 01.05.2018 in the nurseries in Yozgat City Center. The study was conducted with the parents of 320 children who continued nursery education between the specified dates. The data were obtained by a 35-question information form prepared by the researchers. The mean age of the children was 4.7±0.95 and 56.25% (180/320) were male. A family history of asthma or disease with appearance of allergic symptoms, history of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in the first two years of life and having pets at home were significantly more common in the group with allerg...

Prevalence of Allergy and Risk Factors in Nursery Children