PROPHYLAXIS OF RECURRENT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH ALLERGIC DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY TRACT

Abstract

Infections of airways are one of significant causes of morbidity in children. Approximately 70% of infections affect upper airways, ear, nose and throat. The problem is special for children with allergic pathology because any intercurrent virus disease can cause exacerbation of allergy. Open uncontrolled study of effectiveness of pidotimod in children with combined forms of allergy (bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis) and severe acute respiratory disease was performed in 2008–2010 in Novosibirsk. Pidotimod as a component of complex treatment decreased trigger role of infections and eased clinical course of main disease. This drug decreased the rate of relapses and load of medications in patients. Key words: children with frequent diseases, immunomudulators, pidotimod.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2010;9(5):64-66)