Abstract
Objective: We have investigated the influence of the Tsunami in the Great East Japan earthquake on allergic children who lived near the Pacific coast of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, and explored better medical care in such disasters.
Subjective and method: We asked administrative organs to give questionnaires to parents of allergic children who lived in the area. The parents agreed with our purpose answered the questionnaires and mailed them to us.
Results: Children with bronchial asthma in the area seemed to be suffered more frequent asthma attack than those in area not affected by Tsunami. Some children were not able to go to medical services, even in severe asthma attack. For children with food allergy, it was difficult to take allergen-free foods. There were some cases of anaphylaxis by having offending foods in children with food allergy. In children with atopic dermatitis, their eczema was worsened because it was impossible to taking a bath or a shower in their evacuation.
Conclusion: The allergic children in the area affected by the Tsunami in the Great East Japan earthquake seemed to be forced into severe situation. We proposed that the public organization should prepare the storage of medical stuffs (drugs) and allergen-free foods and make systems for allergic children in the area toward such disasters.
