A collection of Practice Guidelines published in AFP is available at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/ practguide. Allergic rhinitis is the fifth most common chronic disease in the United States and affects about one in six Americans. The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO–HNSF) has released a clinical practice guideline for the purpose of optimizing patient care, ...

Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common form of nose inflammatory disease that occurs when the mucosal immune system overreacts to environmental allergens especially in the air. It’s absolutely clear that the prevalence of AR varies between different countries, and even between the various areas of a country. The purpose of present investigation is to determine the prevalence of AR, as mo...

ISSN 14750708 10.2217/THY.09.4 © 2009 Future Medicine Ltd Therapy (2009) 6(3), 407–415 Allergic rhinitis is a major IgE‐mediated chronic respiratory disorder that presents as a complex of nasal, ophthalmic, ear and sinus symptoms such as nasal congestion, nasal itching, rhinor‐ rhea, sneezing and watery/running eyes [1–3]. It is an extremely common condition, which has been estimated to affect ...

In this study, we aimed at studying the benefit of Urtica dioica root extract in the management of allergic rhinitis. In a randomized double blind clinical trial, 74 patients with the signs and symptoms of allergic rhinitis and a positive skin prick test were randomly divided into 2 groups. The study group was treated with routine allergic rhinitis treatment and Nettle root extract (Urtidin®, B...

INTRODUCTION Orthodontists frequently treat children with mouth breathing. The purpose of the present study was to examine dental positions, skeletal effects and the pharyngeal airway space of children with chronic allergic rhinitis, when compared with a control group exhibiting a normal breathing pattern. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy Caucasian children from Santa Maria University Hospital - ...

Although more commonly seen in children, IgA vasculitis can occur adults and presentations are often severe1,2. A 67-year-old woman with a history of chronic sinusitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis presented 4 months painful, ulcerating skin lesions on her lower extremities, arthralgia, stocking glove paresthesia. She denied upper respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary symptoms, or preceding illn...

• The immune system protects the organism from infectious microbes and avoids responses that produce damage to host tissues. • The immune system is divided into the innate and adaptive systems. The adaptive immune system recognizes different specific antigens, adapts to changing environments, and provides immunologic memory. • The innate immune system includes all aspects of the host defense me...

F or about one in five people in Australia, the external world can be an unpleasant and potentially dangerous place because of allergic disease. Already one of the most common chronic noncommunicable conditions in the world, allergic disease is predicted to increase in prevalence by approximately 70% in the next 35 years.1 Inadequately treated allergic disease creates a significant economic bur...

A retrospective, controlled study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in 111 adult patients with allergic (77) and nonallergic (34) rhinitis seen in a private ENT/allergy practice in the lower Hudson Valley, New York. The control group consisted of 101 patients with no history of chronic rhinitis. Autoimmune thyroid disease was found in 10.4% of the allergic...

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic inflammatory disease of rhino-ocular mucosa, affecting up to 40% of population worldwide. Chinese herbal medicines and Acupuncture, adopted thousands of years in China, has good effect on allergic rhinitis. This study evaluates the effects of Moxibustion with Chinese herbal in treating patients with allergic rhinitis over a 1-year follow-up. A randomized cont...