Allergo-immunological characteristics of comorbid passage of allergic rhinitis in children

Allergic rhinitis in children.

Allergic rhinitis affects up to 40% of children but is commonly undiagnosed. Careful assessment of nasal symptoms allows for the most appropriate therapeutic options to be chosen. Allergen avoidance is often difficult in practice. Antihistamines are of limited benefit in allergic rhinitis caused by house dust mite and other perennial allergens, where symptoms, predominantly nasal obstruction, a...

Allergic rhinitis in children.

Re: treating asthma and comorbid allergic rhinitis in pregnancy.

Women with severe or uncontrolled asthma are at higher risk for pregnancy complications and adverse fetal outcomes than women with well-controlled asthma. Recent evidence-based guidelines have concluded that it is safer for pregnant women with asthma to be treated pharmacologically than to continue to have asthma symptoms and exacerbations. According to the Asthma and Pregnancy Working Group (A...

Epidemiology of allergic rhinitis in Korean children

Methods The subjects were 12,469 school students (6,440 girls and 6,029 boys) in 5 areas (Incheon city, Busan city, Gwangju city, Kyoungki-do, Choongchungbook-do) from 2011 to 2014. Allergic rhinitis have diagnosed with positive ‘current symptoms and sign for allergic rhinitis’ on Korean ISAAC questionnaire and 1 more than proven allergen by skin prick test. Elementary school students were test...

Investigating the frequency of adenoid hypertrophy and allergic rhinitis in children with mouth breathing complaints

Background and Objectives: Nocturnal snoring and open mouth breathing in children is one of the common causes of referrals to pediatricians. The two most common reasons of this problem are adenotonsillar hypertrophy and allergic rhinitis. Based on the findings, there is still no significant relationship between these two diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency ...