Airborne biological particles are responsible for massive health problems in hypersensitive
individuals. The epidemiological data has shown that allergies and asthma are on escalating as an outcome of
allergen exposure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the status of allergic symptoms in Islamabad
school going children of all ages. Protocols consisting of 35 questions were distributed to parents of children
through various schools of Islamabad. A total of 650 performae were dispensed to the school children.
Data revealed that prevalence of asthma: 31.58%, allergic rhinitis: 42.11, eczema: 35.96%, wheezing: 55.85%,
breathlessness: 31.87% and dry cough: 52.34%. Results indicated that parental atopy has a strong association
with the development of bronchial allergy and related symptoms with all P-values less than 0.05. Indoor
household factors were also scrutinized which show that parental smoking is related with children
breathlessness having a P-value less than 0.05 and eczema with P -value 0.001