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ALLERGIC AND INFECTIOUS CONDITIONS OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT IN CHILDREN

1931; American Medical Association; Volume: 97; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1931.02730140016004

2376-8118

Milton B. Cohen,

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Some of the commonest conditions that are seen in children are those which are classified under the general heading of infections of the upper respiratory tract. Among them are included rhinitis, sinusitis, nasopharyngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis. All these conditions may be infectious in origin but are frequently manifestations of respiratory allergy, from which they must be differentiated if proper treatment is to be instituted. In addition, many of the true infections are complications of an underlying allergy and cannot be cleared up until the allergy predisposing the mucous membranes to infection is relieved. Our experience has given us the impression that many physicians do not think of allergy in relation to these conditions unless the symptoms are typical of hay-fever or bronchial asthma, and some even consider typical asthmatic attacks to be infectious in origin because in some children they are accompanied by fever. Many of the