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Background : There is little information about the relationship between local pollen counts and pollinosis symptoms of the local patients. In this study, we compared patient-reported outcomes (PROs) of Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCP) according to regions. Methods : The study was conducted between February 24 and March 8, 2003 (peak pollen season), and 1200 patients were recruited from 15 ENT clinical sites in 4 regions : central Osaka (n=576), southern Osaka (n=195), northern Wakayama (n=234), and southern Wakayama (n=195). PROs consisted of nasal symptoms, ocular symptom, learning and work impairment, and QOL (SF-36). Results : In non-treatment group, there were significant differences in ocular symptom and learning and work impairment among regions. On the other hand, patients with longer duration of treatment had better symptom relief regardless of pollen level in early treatment group. As to QOL, SF-36 summary scores did not differ among regions in both groups. Conclusion : This study shows that patients without early treatment seemed to be affected by pollen level on their ocular symptom and its related outcomes. In patients with early treatment, however, the treatment duration had bigger impact on PROs than the local pollen counts.
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Minoru Okuda, Kimihiro Ohkubo, Minoru Gotoh
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Background : Nasal symptoms such as sneezing, stuffy nose and runny nose occur in allergic and nonallergic rhinitis. Normal nose also sometimes has these symptoms. It is necessary to define what is the symptom of normal nose in order to make a proper diagnosis of rhinitis, grading of severity of nasal symptom in rhinitis and criteria of normalization after the treatment of rhinitis. Methods : 235 persons who had no perceptive nasal symptom and history of nasal disease at present and past, and cold at present, were sampled from the registered list of a health care organization, and examined their nasal symptom by mailing a self-administered questionnaire of nasal symptom. In addition, 54 patients, who visited 4 otolarngology clinics due to diseases other than rhinitis and were diagnosed as normal nose, were examined, using the same questionnaire. Results : Response rate from persons mailed was 49.8%. Nasal symptom was infrequent in patients at clinic more than persons sampled from the list. Nasal symptom in 117 responders with normal nose had none or occasional and momentary stuffy nose. Sneezing and/or nose blow was less than 5 times a day, and itchy nose and postnasal drip were 30% and 25% respectively. These symptoms, if appeared, were less than 4 days per week. Conclusion : Grading "minus", normal, is zero in sneezing and runny nose and none in stuffy nose in the grading system of nasal symptom used commonly in Japan. These should be changed to none or occasional, momentary, easily tolerable in stuffy nose, less than once a day or grading "plus one" (1-5 times per day) occasionally in sneezing and nose blow. Normalization after treatment could be defined according to this change.
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Minoru Okuda, Kimihiro Ohkubo, Minoru Gotoh, Yuko Ishida
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Objective : To clarify natural airborne Japanese cedar pollen contamination of clothes (cotton made T shirt and cap) and face skin for preventive strategy against pollinosis. Methods : Ten non-pollinosis high school students, wearing T-shirt and cap, stayed after face washing in outdoor (school yard) and in-door (school room) for 2 hours alternatively. Wet clothes of each of three different qualities (cotton, cotton blended polyester and wool) were also left at ten points of the schoolyard. Contaminated pollens were collected using adhesive tape and counted under a microscope. Results : Pollen contaminations were lesser in school room than school yard. Lesser contamination was revealed on the surface of cotton-polyester blended clothes without statistical difference when compared with cotton and wool made clothes. Conclusion : From this study, in going out wearing of cotton-polyester blended coat and cap, and after returning home, face washing and keeping coat and cap on a hanger at entry hall are recommended for pollen prevention.
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Toru Imai, Osamu Nohara, Tomohiko Endo, Shuji Fukaya
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Background : In this decade some automatic pollen counters have been developed and showed them useful in some reports. However, the results of automatic counting have not been established. Method : We have compared scattering cedar and cypress pollen counts with Durham pollen samplers and a newly developed automatic pollen counter (KH-3000) in the spring from 2000 to 2004 in Tokyo. Results : The relationship between the data of the automatic counter and that of a Durham sampler method is so good that this automatic counter seems useful. The best relationship between two methods was seen from late February to early April in the season of high amounts of pollens scatters. The ratio of pollen counts measured with automatic counter and Durham sampler was about 3.5 on average in the period of enough cedar and cypress pollen dispersion. The avoidance of pollens seems possible with real-time pollen information because reliability of automatic counting is highly evaluated when enough pollens scatter. Conclusion : In future, the standardization of automatic counting should be necessary for the accurate evaluation of scattering pollens.
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Chihiro Wakisaka, Miyuki Iitoyo
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