Original Article

The skin prick test and allergic disorders in patients of diabetes mellitus Type I

  • Füsun Erdenen
  • Esma Altunoğlu
  • Serap Çelik
  • Nurcan Özbal
  • Hanife Usta
  • Mustafa Boz

İstanbul Med J 2006;7(4):27-30

In this study 50 type 1 diabetic patients and 50 healty control subjects were evaluated for allergıc disorders with regard to medical history and skin prick tesıs. In the diabetic group altlıough 60 % of the patients reported allergic symptoms, the skin test positivity was found 22%. In the control group prick tests were posıtive 34% of the patients although thay dıd not have allergic complaints. We did not find a statistı­cally significant difference between groups.

Keywords: Dıabetes mellitus, alegia, prick skin test