DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i02.012

Pages: 521-524

Allergic rhinitis is the most important public health issues with increasing trend all over the world. Allergen sensitisation is the most important factor causing symptoms in allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis is ubiquitous, significantly impairs the quality of life of affected person; however allergen remain undetected, many times. To study allergenic profile of allergic rhinitis patients by Skin Prick Test (SPT) was the main aim of present study. The objectives of study were 1) To ascertain clinical profile of allergic rhinitis patients 2) To study allergenic profile by skin prick test (SPT). The present cross sectional study was conducted on 40 known cases of allergic rhinitis. Purposive sampling method was used while recruiting cases. Skin pick test using 82 allergens was performed on all patients. The overall detection rate of allergen by skin prick test (SPT) was 92.5%. The most common allergen found in this study was ‘mite’ followed by ‘house fly’, dust etc. Present study concluded that; skin prick test (SPT) could be used to detect causes of allergy in allergic rhinitis patients.