The clinical observation on 136 patients of bronchial asthma were seen at Dong San Medical Center from January 1988 to December1988.
The results were following :
1) Age distribution at the time of visiting Clinic ranged between 1 year and 15 years. Most patients(73.5%) were below 6 years of age. Sex ratio was 3:1 with male predominance.
2) Most patient(69.9%) were below 3 year of age at age of onset.
3) In 11.8% of cases there noted positive allergic history & allergic family history in 32.4%.
4) Eosinophilia was noted in 39.7%.
5) Total IgE level measured by EIA after 5-12 days of onset showed the most increased level of all days.
