3.4. The past medical history, allergic history, family medical history and living environment
Table 4 showed the past medical history, allergic history, family medical history and living environment of children with nonspecific chronic cough. 273 children (65.0%) had past medical history, including 133 cases of eczema history (31.7%), 139 cases of rhinitis history (33.1%), 38 cases of adenoid vegetation history (9.0%), 33 cases of pneumonia history (7.8%), 13 cases of anaemia history (3.1%), 5 cases of gastritis history (1.2%) and 3 cases of obesity history (0.7%).
63 children (15.0%) had allergic history, including 21 dust mites-allergic children (5.0%), 20 egg-allergic children (4.8%), 18 milk-allergic children (4.3%), 7 seafood-allergic children (1.7%), 7 nut-allergic children (1.7%), 3 pollen-allergic children (0.7%), 3 beef/mutton-allergic children (0.7%) , 3 animal hairs-allergic children (0.7%) and 6 allergy to other substances (1.4%, 2 mango-allergic children, 1 chocolate-allergic child, 1 chicken-allergic child, 1 mycete-allergic child, 1 Penicillin-allergic child).
84 cases (20.0%) had family medical history, including 68 cases of family rhinitis history (16.2%), 16 cases of family asthma history (3.8%).
133 children’s family (31.7%) had smokers among the surrounding.134 families (31.9%) grew plants. 22 families (5.2%) kept pets.105 children’s (25.0%) home was along the street.