Asociación entre rinitis alérgica y asma

it were studied 70 patients between 2 and 12 years old, coming from universitary hospital "antonio patricio de alcalá", from cumaná, sucre state, with the objective to determine the association between asthma and allergic rhinitis. the sample was composed of 50 allergic and 20 healthy children, of both sexes. to each one was applied a questionnaire to identify the most frequent symptoms and was realized laboratory tests to determine total ige and absolute quantification of blood and nasal snot eosinophiles. 72 % of allergic children had both allergic rhinitis and asthma symptoms. 16 % presented only asthma and 12 % only allergic rhinitis. there were significant statistical differences (p<0.001) between the following variables: total ige, counting of nasal snot and blood eosinophiles in the allergic sample with respect to the control sample. it was observed a highly significant statistical correlation (p<0.001) between counting of nasal snot and blood eosinophiles and serum levels of ige. the results obtained reinforce the hypothesis that asthma and allergic rhinitis are associated and both are the manifestation from a similar pathological entity.