摘要
鼻炎是全世界盛行之慢性疾病。近年來台灣走入工業化社會，過敏性鼻炎之盛行率有越來越高的趨勢，大部份文獻上對鼻炎盛行率統計，其實是低估了實際的狀況，這種情況發生的原因爲大部份的統計分析資料都是針對有求診的病患族群，而對於沒有到診所或醫院就醫的病患族群，卻是沒有列入統計：對於非過敏性鼻炎之統計更是有低估的現象。鼻炎的併發症如氣喘、鼻竇炎、中耳炎、結膜炎等都會影響患者的生活品質，因此鼻炎盛行率的增高，無論是在直接或間接，都會加重人民及國家的經濟負擔，所以我們有必要對於鼻炎的流行病學有更深入的瞭解及探討。本文主要整理了國內外鼻炎的流行病學，以期望能助於臨床上及研究上的參考。
並列摘要
Rhinitis represents a global chronic disease. The prevalence of allergy rhinitis was found to have increased in recent years over Taiwan industrial country. The prevalence of rhinitis has probably been underestimated. Many people have rhinitis symptoms and never consult a physician. Most of the statistics prevalence only included physician-diagnosed rhinitis. The prevalence of non-allergic rhinitis has been even more underestimated. The comorbidity of rhinitis included asthma, rhinosinusitis, otitis media and conjunctivitis. These co-morbidities could affect the quality of life of patients. Due to increasing prevalence of rhinitis, it has directly and indirectly become a socioeconomic burden. Therefore, we have to investigate the epidemiology of rhinitis. This article contains the compilation of globally known epidemiology of rhinitis. We hope that this will benefit all clinicians and researchers.
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