Bangkok--6 Dec--Connect PR World Allergy Congress 2007 (WAC 2007) conference in Thailand on December 3 unveiled that one-third of the children worldwide has suffered from the allergies. Assoc. Prof. Jarungchit Ngamphaiboon, Vice President of the Allergy and Immunology Society of Thailand said that Chulalongkorn Hospital already conducted the survey on rhinitis prevalence in Thai children among 26,000 children, aged between 6-12. According to the survey, 7.2 per cent of them have asthma symptoms and 80 per cent have from allergic symptoms. Many of the respondents have also suffered from allergic rhinitis. The general rhinitis patients can just take the clinical treatments and continue living a normal life. However, the survey showed that of total children suffering from allergic rhinitis, two-third are in serious conditions. She said that the Allergy and Immunology Society of Thailand is working out the accurate number of the allergy affected children and would present the report to the relevant state agencies. This will help them provide appropriate budget amount for the medical treatments of the affected children, who are in serious conditions. The symptoms of those, who are adversely suffering from the allergic rhinitis, include a runny nose, and nose blockage at night. These will soon affect their brain, heart, and lungs, and their life quality as a whole. The common dose for treating the allergic rhinitis in the past is the first generation antihistamine but it has the side effect — making the patients feel drowsy. But the most concerned is, after taking the antihistamines for a long period, the accumulated antihistamines in the body could be lethal to the liver. Though the new antihistamine drugs with no side effect were invented, a few patients can afford them, due to their high price tags. The allergic rhinitis has given the affected children a hard time. They will feel sleepy in daytime, making them lose concentration during the class. Even worse, the children will often sneeze and cough at night, giving them a sleepless night. Few hours of sleep everyday could affect their brain development. While the number of the patients, who died of the allergies, has abated, the allergy patient number has continued surging. One effective measure to take control of the situation is to educate the patients on the knowledge of allergies and provide them the right advice of how they can take great care of themselves. For media enquiry, please contact Savitree Peungcharoenkun (081 816 4598) Chatsaral (Pom) Tiamwon (089 443 6886) Lapat Khwanmongkhon (084 399 2688) Chadaporn Namaiklarp (081 735 0696) www.wac2007thailand.com