Department of Medicine, Andres Bello University, Santiago, Chile
Research Article
Allergic-Atopic Diseases with Personality and/or Psychological Factors Association: A New Approach on Integrative Science
Author(s): Carolina Otero*, Francisco Ceric, Carla Ojeda, Alejandra Rossi, Evelynne Carrasco and Jocelyn Pulgar
Currently, allergic-atopic diseases have become a public health problem, although their existence dates back to remote times, today they have become one of the most common pathologies worldwide. With rapid growth in the incidence of this disease, it can be estimated that 50% of the inhabitants of industrialized and/or developed countries will be affected by it. On the other hand, the term personality is defined as "the individual difference that constitutes a person and distinguishes it from another". It represents structural and dynamic characteristics of individuals, which intervene in responses to different environmental situations. Just as allergies in the present era, psychological pathologies reached their peak in the last decade, which is related to the busy contemporary life that governs society. This has generated scientific interest, where it has been postulated th.. View More»