Health-seeking behaviour when dealing with a cold or fever in the preschool age*
| Disease condition | Total | Health seeking behaviour, n (%)† | ||||
| Ignore them | Drink water or have a rest | Receive antibiotics orally or intravenously | Receive chinese traditional medicine orally | Unknown | ||
| Skin | ||||||
| Atopic dermatitis | 776 | 20 (2.6) | 370 (47.6) | 512 (65.9) | 194 (25.0) | 3 (0.3) |
| Hand eczema | 675 | 32 (4.7) | 343 (50.8) | 430 (63.7) | 149 (22.0) | 4 (0.5) |
| Allergic reactions to food/drug/light | 456 | 9 (2.0) | 227 (49.7) | 286 (62.7) | 95 (20.8) | 1 (0.2) |
| Chronic urticaria | 381 | 8 (2.1) | 158 (41.4) | 257 (67.4) | 100 (26.2) | 1 (0.3) |
| Allergic skin disease‡ | 833 | 17 (2.0) | 384 (46.0) | 539 (64.7) | 194 (23.2) | 2 (0.2) |
| Beyond skin | ||||||
| Atopic march§ | 3139 | 66 (2.1) | 1542 (49.1) | 2081 (66.2) | 728 (23.1) | 12 (0.3) |
| Allergic conjunctivitis | 153 | 4 (2.6) | 83 (54.2) | 107 (69.9) | 36 (23.5) | 0 (0) |
| Allergic rhinitis | 2273 | 42 (1.8) | 1135 (49.9) | 1515 (66.6) | 532 (23.4) | 8 (0.4) |
| Asthma | 303 | 7 (2.3) | 154 (50.8) | 206 (67.9) | 70 (23.1) | 2 (0.6) |
| Without atopic/allergic diseases | 16 343 | 597 (3.7) | 7761 (47.4) | 10 057 (61.5) | 3058 (18.7) | 76 (0.4) |
*Multiple selections are allowed in the questionnaire.
†Proportion ratios in populations.
‡Allergic skin disease includes allergic reactions to food/drug/light, contact dermatitis and urticaria.
§Atopic march refers to atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergic conjunctivitis.