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Epidemiological characters of Asthma in adult patients attendingprimary health care center in Dour city | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 121, 2012, Pages 1-4 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mossa M. Marbut; Ban Ahmed Saeed Al-Janabi; Abid Ahmed Salman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Asthmatic disease is considered among the most prevalent complaint in the daily work ofout patients & casualties departments. The occurrence of asthmatic states depend mainly ongenetic predisposition & environmental exposure to specific allergens & irritants. A cross sectionalstudy was conducted in Dour city from Jan to Dec 2000. 68 asthmatic patients who werediagnosed as asthma. 38 male & 30 female patients. Data collection was performed throughextraction of information from patients by questionnaires. The age of patients range from 20 to 75years old with predominant age of 31 to 40 years in females & 41 to 50 years in males. The studyshow that most of cases in urban area (66%) than in rural area (34%). Also, was found that mostfrequent precipitating factors are flu (98%) & dusty weather (94%). However, 70.5% of asthmaticpatients have a positive family history of asthma, while 29.5% of asthmatic patients have anegative history of asthma. Also, 58% of Male patients are smokers, while only 17% of femalepatients are smokers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Epidemiological characters of Asthma in adult patients attendingprimary health care center in Dour city; attendingprimary | ||
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