Background: Oxidative stress may play a role in the pathophysiology of several diseases including allergic rhinitis. Objectives: To evaluate whether plasma total oxidant status (TOS) in the form of plasma reactive oxidants differs between children with allergic rhinitis and healthy controls and to investigate associations between plasma antioxidants and other allergic rhinitis–related immunolog...

Allergic rhinitis, the most common type of rhinitis, generally can be differentiated from the numerous types of nonallergic rhinitis through a thorough history and physical examination. Allergic rhinitis may be seasonal, perennial, or occupational. The most common cause of nonallergic rhinitis is acute viral infection. Other types of nonallergic rhinitis include vasomotor, hormonal, drug-induce...

Methods We included patients at age of 7 years or more, with diagnosis of moderateto severe persistent allergic rhinitis that were evaluated between march of 2010 and june of 2011 at our Regional Center. All patient werw submitted to an spirometry, nasal cytology and a quantitatively nasal eosinophilia measured by optical microscopy. Study design: one center, observational, descriptive and tran...

OBJECTIVE To study the point prevalence of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis in childhood asthma and to examine the relationship among them. METHODS In 250 children (age <13 y) with mild-to-moderte asthma, allergic rhinitis was diagnosed by clinical plus nasal eosinophilia criteria, and sinusitis was diagnosed clinically plus confirmation by computerized tomography scan. RESULTS The point pre...

Introduction: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multifactorial disease. Allergies are considered a predisposing factor to CRS; however, this remains controversial. The objective of this research was to investigate the prevalence of co-morbidities and allergic reaction, and to specify the most common allergens in patients with confirmed CRS.   Materials and Methods: One hundred patients with sig...

UNLABELLED Allergy and asthma can reduce HRQOL as a result of profound physical and psychosocial complications. Most patients with asthma also suffer from rhinitis, which also impairs quality of life. However, the impact of allergic rhinitis on asthmatic patients has not been investigated. OBJECTIVE To assess Quality of life (QOL) in asthmatic patients and assess relative burden of allergic r...

allergic rhinitis is an extremely common disease worldwide. aeroallergens are very often involved in allergic rhinitis and their prevalence may vary in differ¬ent regions. the causative allergens of allergic rhinitis in our area are unknown. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of skin reactivity to different aeroallergens in patients with allergic rhinitis in the city of s...

OBJECTIVES The aims of the study were to establish the prevalence of self-reported allergic rhinitis in an adult Nigerian population and to examine the relationship between asthma and allergic rhinitis. METHODS We conducted an epidemiological study of adults aged between 18 and 45 years in Ilorin, Nigeria from 2005 to 2006. An adaptation of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey que...

Introduction: Allergen immunotherapy is an effective treatment for allergic rhinitis. Conventional immunotherapy takesat least 5 to 6 months to reach the maintenance dosage; nonetheless, rush immunotherapy accelerates to reach the maintenance dose several months earlier. However, the safety and efficacy of this treatment has not been widely investigated. The objective of the present study...

Allergic conjunctivitis (AC), which may be acute or chronic, is associated with rhinitis in 30%-70% of affected individuals, hence the term allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (AR/C). Seasonal and perennial AC is generally milder than the more chronic and persistent atopic and vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Natural allergens like house dust mites (HDM), temperate and subtropical grass and tree pollen ar...