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| | Disease of cat: atopy |
 | | The object of this therapy is to change the animal’s immune system and lessen the reaction to the allergen. | | | Diagnosing atopy can be difficult because the symptoms of all allergies are very similar. | | | Adverse reaction on the skin occurs whether the source of the allergy is inhaled, eaten, or through contact with the skin or a bite. |
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http://or.essortment.com/atopydiseaseca_rnsc.htm
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| | Atopy or Inhalant Allergies |
| | Diagnosing atopy is based on the pet's history of skin problems, lack of response to dietary restriction (see "Food Allergy"), lack of response to external parasite treatment, and results of allergy testing (skin and blood test). | | | Important point: Atopy is a life-long condition; either approach (band-aid or desensitization) will be life-long treatment. | | | Pets with no signs of allergies can have positive reactions on skin and blood allergy tests, and sometimes pets with bad allergies have very poor skin and blood test reactions. |
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http://www.vetallergy.net/page3.html
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| | Atopy in Dogs - PetPlace.com |
| | Corticosteroids should be used cautiously in the treatment of dogs with atopy. | | | The symptoms of food allergy are difficult to distinguish from those of atopy. | | | Managing atopy in your dog takes some patience. |
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http://www.petplace.com/article.aspx?id=111
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| | Canine Dermatology Series: Atopy |
| | As such, atopy is significantly more prevalent than food allergy in the canine, which accounts for up to only 10% to 30% of hypersensitive conditions. | | | Furthermore, although it has been found that up to 10% of dogs with atopy may also have food allergy, up to 80% of the dogs diagnosed with food allergy will also have atopy, thus accounting for the high rate of failure to treat food-allergy patients through manipulation of diet alone. | | | However, systemic use of glucocorticoids is not looked upon favorably for long-term treatment of atopy, due to undesirable side-effects, and thus other therapeutic options have been clinically explored. |
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http://www.labbies.com/atopy.htm
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| | Atopy |
| | Atopy in dogs (also know as allergic dermatitis, inhalent allergies or dermatitis, or just plain old skin allergies. | | | We don’t have a cure for Atopic skin allergies, but here’s what we can do to manage these cases and make your pet a lot more comfortable. Note that it's not a realistic goal to stop 100% of the itch but rather to control the problem enough to make the pet reasonably comfortable. | | | Skin Allergies, Atopy, Allergic Dermatitis, Inhalent Dermatitis, Miliary Dermatitis and similar allergic skin problems in the Dog and Cat |
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http://animalpetdoctor.homestead.com/Atopy.html
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| | Atopic Dermatitis ( ATOPY) |
| | A diagnosis of feline atopy was made on the basis of elimination of other causes of pruritus, consistent history and clinical signs, a positive intradermal skin test and response to therapy. | | | Atopic dermatitis (Atopy), an allergic skin syndrome in dogs and rare in cats is characterized by itcy and inflammed skin and ranks second in skin problems to flea allergies. | | | In human food allergy, with or without concurrent atopy, there may be significant increases in serum allergen-specific IgE. |
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http://www.thensome.com/atopic.htm
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| | Ingleburn Vet - Atopy |
| | Atopy will usually get worse every year, and a seasonal allergy will often develop into a year-round problem. | | | It is one of the two most common skin allergies in dogs and cats, along with fleas. | | | Diagnosis depends on careful consideration of all the presenting signs, and ruling out all other diseases that could be responsible. |
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http://www.ingleburnvet.com.au/atopy.htm
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| | Atopy and atopic skin |
| | Atopy: 20% of the population have this condition, which is associated with a tendency to dry skin, eczema, hay fever and asthma. | | | In this chapter we describe some common skin problems that you may encounter. | | | Atopic skin tends to have a higher than average TEWL and loses water readily. |
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http://www.pg.com/science/skincare/Skin_tws_52.htm
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| | ATOPIC DERMATITIS IN THE DOG |
| | Food sensitivity may coexist with atopy or flea allergy and so partial responses may be seen to food changes. | | | Further studies to better predict which dogs will develop atopy are ongoing and if useful information is forthcoming then there is hope that we can reduce the incidence of this distressing disease. | | | Bacterial infections are a common cause of pruritus in the dog and these can be as a result of atopic dermatitis or any other skin condition that damages the integrity of the skin. |
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http://www.priory.com/vet/vetatop1.htm
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| | Development of Atopy and Asthma: Candidate Environmental Influences and Important Periods of Exposure |
| | Although there is still debate on the effect of ETS in the development of asthma or atopy, the preponderance of the evidence supports the hypothesis that ETS enhances atopy development in susceptible individuals. | | | Atopy generally refers to the development of immune responses to foreign antigens that are characterized by the production of antigen-specific IgE. | | | This emphasis is justified by the observations that maternal smoking is more likely to be associated with asthma and the fact that there is at least some potential for transplacental influences from the mother to her fetus. |
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http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2000/suppl-3/475-482peden/peden-full.html
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| | Home-Atopy In Dogs |
| | Atopy or Canine Atopic Dermatitis is the second most common form of skin allergy in dogs (after flea allergy dermatitis). | | | Treatment includes anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics or antifungals for skin infections, shampoos and hyposensitisation. | | | Your vet can advise you on the most appropriate shampoo for your dog's skin. |
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http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?specie=Dogs&story_no=1580
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| | Oligogenic Approaches to the Predisposition of Asthma and Atopy |
| | During the past two decades atopy, asthma, and allergy prevalences have nearly doubled in the Western world, while these disorders are still virtually absent in a considerable number of third world countries. | | | Oligogenic Approaches to the Predisposition of Asthma and Atopy in Ethnically Diverse Populations | | | Oligogenic Approaches to the Predisposition of Asthma and Atopy |
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http://www.bli.unizh.ch/BLI/Projects/genetics/Asthma_2.html
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| | AADMC: Selected Articles 2001: Probiotic diet and atopy |
| | In some case, the Lactobacillus rhamnosus was fed to the infant instead of being ingested by the nursing mother. | | | These provocative findings are potentially quite important in providing another therapeutic approach to individuals in "high atopy" families. | | | In contrast, atopic dermatitis appeared in 46% of the infants in the placebo-treated group. |
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http://www.aaaai.org/aadmc/currentliterature/selectedarticles/2001archive/probiotic_diet.html
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| | How much asthma is really attributable to atopy? -- Pearce et al. 54 (3): 268 -- Thorax |
| | Prevalence of wheeze and asthma and relation to atopy in urban and rural Ethiopia. | | | To assess the association of atopy with asthma in individuals and in populations we conducted a Medline search from 1980 onwards | | | In this review we assess the extent to which the development of asthma is attributable to atopy (we do not consider the separate |
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http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/54/3/268
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| | AADMC: Selected Articles 2002: Asthma and atopy phenotypes linked to markers on chromosome 5q |
| | However, I think that the authors’ hypothesis that individual genetic markers may be linked to particular aspects or phenotypes of atopy and asthma rather than to a global association with atopy or asthma in toto appears reasonable. | | | This variability in findings may be related to a variety of definitions of asthma and atopy traits used in these genetic studies. | | | Holberg et al of the University of Arizona applied factor analysis to the correlation matrix of asthma and atopy traits before linkage analysis. |
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http://www.aaaai.org/aadmc/currentliterature/selectedarticles/2002archive/asthma_and_atopy_phenotypes.html
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| | AAAAI: Pet Exposure's Protection Against Atopy Nullified If Parents Smoke |
| | The study defined atopy as one or more positive skin tests to any of 6 common inhalant allergens: | | | "This study shows that exposure to environmental tobacco affects the developing immune system and increases the risk of a child's developing atopy [and asthma]," said principal investigator Dennis R. Ownby, MD, Professor of Paediatrics and Internal Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States. | | | Ownby said that he and his co-investigators observed the same pattern when they examined sero-atopy and compared the significance of pet exposure for children of non-smoking parents ( |
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http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/PrintPrint/024504DD2866E04185256E5F0058E1B2
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| | Atopy in Dogs - PetPlace.com |
| | Food allergy is variably responsive to prednisone; only about 50 percent of affected dogs will respond. | | | Food allergy in dogs commonly causes a pruritic skin condition. | | | Pyoderma (bacterial infection of the skin) is often associated with atopy and other pruritic skin diseases. |
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http://www.petplace.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=111&conID=16339
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| | CHEST: Impact of Airway Lability, Atopy, and Tobacco Smoking on the Development of Asthma-Like Symptoms in Asymptomatic ... |
| | No effect of airway lability on the likelihood of giving up smoking could be demonstrated, nor did the presence of atopy have any significant impact on smoking behavior. | | | FindArticles > Health and Fitness > CHEST > May, 2000 > Article | | | Few such studies have addressed the association of asymptomatic airway lability with future development of asthma or asthma-like symptoms.[6,10,11] We therefore prospectively assessed the association between airway lability, atopy, and tobacco smoking and the development of asthma-like symptoms in asymptomatic subjects. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0984/is_5_117/ai_62495022
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| | Atopic Dermatitis |
| | Relatively few studies have focused on potential,initiating risk factors, but the strongest risk factor is a parental history of atopy or eczema. | | | Abnormal skin irritancy in atopic dermatitis and in atopy without dermatitis, Arch Dermatol 1994;130:1402-7. | | | Non-allergists recognize atopy in those patients with a family or personal history of asthma, hay fever, or eczema; allergists recognize atopy as an epiphenomena of immunologic aberrations, distinctive to a genetically predisposed population. |
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http://dermatology.cdlib.org/92/reviews/atopy/beltrani.html
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| | atopy -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Atopy may be contrasted with the condition called... | | | Atopy occurs mainly in persons with a familial tendency to allergic diseases; reaginic antibodies are found in the skin and serum of atopic persons. | | | Those who are—about 10 percent of the population—are sometimes described as atopic (from the term atopy, meaning “uncommon”). |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9010142?tocId=9010142
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| | Asthma and Atopy |
| | At present, it is not clear whether asthma, BHR, and atopy are clinical manifestations of the same underlying primary defect or whether they share common pathways with distinct primary molecular etiologies. | | | Asthma is a phenotypically heterogeneous disorder associated with intermittent respiratory symptoms, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and reversible airflow obstruction (NHLBI 1992; Sheffer et al. | | | Most individuals with asthma have evidence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and atopy, with elevated total serum IgE, allergen-specific IgE, or skin test reactivity to common allergens. |
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http://www.genes.uchicago.edu/hutterite/asthma_atopy.html
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| | USAEyes.org - Atopy and LASIK, IntraLASIK, PRK, LASEK, Epi-LASIK, CK, P-IOL, RLE, etc. |
| | If you are taking the appropriate medications, you should not have any higher risk of DLK than a patient without atopy, however you should be certain to discuss this issue with your doctor. | | | It is possible that a person with untreated atopy may have LASIK surgery, but there may be a significantly increased risk of DLK. | | | People with atopy who are taking oral systemic non-sedating histamine receptor 1 antagonist do not have any higher risk of DLK than people without atopy. |
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http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/atopy.htm
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| | Atopy of the first degree relatives and depression of the proband |
| | The CHAID technique was used to analyze the effects of maternal, paternal, and siblings’ atopies on a proband’s depression. | | | Atopy of the first degree relatives and depression of the proband | | | Both sibling’s atopy as well as parental atopy were significant predictors for hospital-treated depression. |
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| | Indication of linkage and genetic heterogeneity for asthma and atopy on chromosomes 8p and 12q in 107 French EGEA ... |
| | A total of 20 asthmatic sib-pairs discordant for atopy and 24 atopic pairs discordant for asthma were analyzed by both TTS and PST methods and 83 pairs with atopic asthma by PST. | | | Two regions, 8p and 12q, already reported to be linked to both asthma and atopy, were examined here. | | | Using the sample of 107 families with at least two asthmatic siblings, as part of the EGEA study, we have investigated linkage to asthma (or atopy) and genetic heterogeneity according to the presence |
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http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v11/n8/abs/5201014a.html
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| | Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphism and severity of atopy in asthmatics |
| | This study confirms the previously observed lack of association of TLR4 polymorphisms with asthma. | | | This study determined the effect of TLR4 polymorphism on the risk and severity of asthma and atopy. | | | Endotoxin exposure may have a protective effect against asthma and atopy. |
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http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/gene/journal/v5/n1/abs/6364037a.html&dynoptions=doi1105979793
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| | Atopy |
| | Please consult full prescribing information on any drugs or devices discussed. | | | Atopy Reports: Atopic Dermatitis and Related Disorders is an educational newsletter specifically devoted to clinical or biomedical matters. | | | Atopy Reports: Atopic Dermatitis and Related Disorders is published by ACUMED |
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| | 04-05 Cross sectional retrospective study of prevalence of atopy among Italian military students with ... |
| | Without any more direct evidence, however, the kinds | | | events leading to atopy are not directly shown in our study. | | | Common infections acquired early in life because of the presence of many older siblings (among seronegative subjects) or because of unhygienic living conditions (among seropositive subjects) may have reduced the risk of development of atopy |
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http://www.hepatitis.org.uk/s-crina/bmj/1997/bmj-06.htm
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| | Atopy |
| | The diagnosis of “atopy” is not based on one single distinctive clinical feature or laboratory test, but rather results from a combination of patient and family history and clinical findings. | | | As mentioned above, atopy may lead to the eczematous disease “atopic dermatitis”. | | | Family and patient history with regard to eczema, allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma |
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http://eczema.dermis.net/content/e02causesof/e441/e442/index_eng.html
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| | Merck Vet. Edition - Feline Atopy |
| | Feline atopy is a pruritic disease in which affected cats have a hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled environmental allergens and positive reactions to intradermal allergy testing. | | | Feline atopy is similar to canine atopy, with several important distinctions. | | | No studies have compared serologic testing with intradermal allergy testing for feline atopy. |
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http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/70302.htm
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| | Predictors of atopy in HIV-infected patients. |
| | OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of atopy in HIV+ patients and to investigate its predictors. | | | Atopy prevalence was higher in non-AIDS than in AIDS patients (28% versus 11%; P =.06). | | | BACKGROUND: Some studies have reported an increase of atopy in HIV-infected (HIV+) patients, but the cause still remains unclear. |
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http://www.aegis.com/aidsline/2000/sep/A0090987.html
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| | Atopy - Art History Online Reference and Guide |
| | Atopy is a genetic disorder characterized by the tendency to develop allergic reactions (type I hypersensitivity reactions), for example asthma or hay fever. | | | It is important not to confuse atopy with allergy, which atopy is only a type of. | | | These responses appear in the contact after the body was exposed to different allergens, for example specific kinds of food, pollen, dander and insect venoms. |
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http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Atopy
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| | American Family Physician: BCG vaccination does not lower the risk of atopy - Tips - bacille Calmette-Guerin |
| | Krause and colleagues compared the risk of atopy in unselected groups of children who were vaccinated with BCG and children who were not vaccinated. | | | There was no effect of age at BCG vaccination on risk of atopy. | | | The authors conclude that these study results fail to support a hypothesis that BCG vaccination protects against the development of atopy. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_4_68/ai_106672878
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| | Balgownie Veterinary Hospital: Atopy |
| | Atopy is diagnosed by ruling out other diseases with similar signs and by demonstrating an allergic reaction to allergens using injections in the skin (sensitivity testing). | | | Once a dog has had its suspected allergens discovered, the dermatologist makes a vaccine with the same allergens in it. |
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http://www.balgownievet.com.au/1_gen_derm_atopy.htm
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| | Breast feeding does not protect against atopy -- Mayor 325 (7366): 675 -- BMJ |
| | Breast feeding for longer than three weeks was associated with an increased risk of atopy and asthma. | | | Why breast feeding might increase the risk of atopy and asthma is unknown. | | | Breast feeding does not protect children against atopy and may even increase the risk, suggests a long term |
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http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7366/675/b
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| | Atopy definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Atopy definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms | | | Atopy: The genetic tendency to develop the classic allergic diseases -- atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), and asthma. | | | Atopy involves the capacity to produce IgE in response to common environmental proteins such as house dustmite, grass pollen, and food allergens. |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31081
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| | Inflammatory Responses: Sex differences in asthma and atopy may relate to hormones, September 1, 2003 |
| | There are clear sex differences in asthma and atopy that are probably related to inflammatory/antiinflammatory properties of the sex hormones; modification of these molecules may provide new therapeutic agents. | | | Osman and coworkers published their study in Archives of Disease in Childhood (Therapeutic implications of sex differences in asthma and atopy. | | | Inflammatory Responses: Sex differences in asthma and atopy may relate to hormones, September 1, 2003 |
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http://www.obgyn.net/newsheadlines/headline_medical_news-Inflammatory_Responses-20030901-5.asp
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| | Evening Primrose Oil - Pharmacology Information |
| | Reduced levels of prostaglandin precursors in the blood of atopic patients; Defective delta 6 desaturase function as a biochemical basis for atopy. |
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