Animal Allergy in Korean Veterinary Researcher

Completed

Brief Summary: The investigators will evaluate sensitization to animal allergens and allergic symptom during contacting animal allergens in Korean veterinary researchers who attend their annual conference.

The investigators will compare sensitization to animal allergen and other clinical and occupational factors between subjects who suffer from allergic symptom during contacting animal and those who do not.

Detailed Description: The investigators will visit annual conference of Korean veterinary researchers.

After informed consent, Korean veterinary researchers who attend their conference and agree to enrollment into this study will be asked to respond to questionnaires regarding their gender, age, underlying allergic diseases, family history of allergic diseases, occupation and it's duration, contact animal and contact duration. Subjects will also be requested to report allergic symptom, causal animal and situation of contact including veterinary service, animal experiment, pet ownership, and ingestion if subjects suffer from allergic symptom when subjects contact animal.

Then, subjects will also be asked to undergo skin prick test for animal allergens including chicken feather and ten mammal epithelia as well as cow's milk, and hen's egg, four fish flesh and seven animal meats.

subjects will be divided into two group, subjects who suffer from allergic symptom during contacting animal and those who do not. Between two groups, sensitization to animal allergens as well as other demographic and occupational factors including gender, age, underlying allergic diseases, family history of allergic diseases, occupation and it's duration, contact animal and contact duration will be compared.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Veterinary researchers who receive medication including antihistamine (H1 and H2 blocker), systemic glucocorticosteroid which can effect on the result of skin prick test
Veterinary researchers who do not want to participate in this study

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Subjects without animal allergy	Animal allergy -	Subjects who do not suffer from allergic symptom during contact with animal
Subjects with animal allergy	Animal allergy +	Subjects who suffer from allergic symptom during contact with animal

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Skin reactivity to animal allergen in skin prick test	on the day of survey (day 1)	Mean diameter of wheal for animal allergen in skin prick test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Contact time	on the day of survey (day 1)	Duration of animal contact (hour/day)
Contact animal	on the day of survey (day 1)	Kinds of animals that subjects contact
Underlying allergic disease	on the day of survey (day 1)	Underlying allergic disease including allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, food and drug allergy
Family history of allergic disease	on the day of survey (day 1)	Family history of allergic disease including allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, food and drug allergy
Occupation	on the day of survey (day 1)	Type of occupation including veterinary service and veterinary experiment
Causal animal	on the day of survey (day 1)	Animal that provokes allergic symptom when subject contact it
Allergic symptom during contacting animal	on the day of survey (day 1)	Allergic symptom including itchy eyes, nose and skin, rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal congestion, postnasal drip, dyspnea, wheezing, cough, sputum, chest pain or discomfort, urticaria, rash, and angioedema when subject contact animal
Duration of occupation	on the day of survey (day 1)	Duration of occupation (year)
Contact situation	on the day of survey (day 1)	Situation including veterinary service, veterinary research, ingestion and pet ownership in which subject contact animal that provokes allergic symptom

Locations (1): Gachon University Gil Medical Center
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Incheon, Korea, Republic of