Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory nasal disorder in which a range of different cells participate. A variety of approaches has been used to monitor nasal inflammation objectively to investigate disease processes and to evaluate the effect of therapeutic intervention. These approaches include nasal lavage, nasal cytology and nasal biopsy, together with the more recently established measurement of nasal nitric oxide (NO) concentration. Although all provide information about nasal mucosal inflammation, the extent of information that can be obtained by each approach, the ease of sampling, and the complexity of sample handling differ. (more…)
After nasal allergen challenge, substance P and CGRP are released into nasal secretions of atopic patients . In allergic rhinit ...
Treatment with omalizumab has been shown to reduce serum free IgE concentrations and to have beneficial effects on allergic airway ...
This method of Acoustic Rhinometry is performed by doing the cross-sectional areas of the nasal measures by sending a sound pulse t ...
Non-allergic rhinitis is defined by the absence of positive SPTs or radioallergosorbent test (RAST) to common allergens. Ideall ...
Leukotrienes are present in increased amounts in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) in patients with asthma. So far, no data have ...
Treatment of allergic diseases in childhood presents unique challenges, as both the beneficial effects and the detrimental effects of intervention(s) may last for decades and even for a lifetime. Most allergic diseases are managed in a community setting by primary care physicians, rather than in a hospital setting by allergy specialists. Here, we describe outpatient treatment, which is focused on prevention and relief of morbidity from allergic diseases and on the identification of children at high risk (more…)
Allergen-specific immunotherapy aims to correct the underlying immune imbalance associated with specific immunotherapy allergic rhi ...
Expert GA ² LEN, the Global Network European Allergy and Asthma European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, EAACI, warn th ...
Specific immunotherapy has been widely used to treat allergic rhinitis symptoms. As with any other form of specific immunotherapy, ...
Allergic rhinitis is a very common problem associated with poor quality of life, reductions in social and work activities and p ...
Many kids’ deaths in the United States over the years happened both in schools and children camps because of lack of access to ...
It is now almost a century since the pioneering work of Noon and Freeman was used to successfully treat hay fever symptoms using a low-dose incremental schedule of pollen injections. Noon based his doses of pollen extract on a pollen weight unit that remained in use for over 70 years; (more…)
Allergen-specific immunotherapy aims to correct the underlying immune imbalance associated with specific immunotherapy allergic rhi ...
The safety of immunotherapy has been a constraint on this form of treatment for allergic disease. Although retrospective survey ...
Anaphylactic reactions to Hymenoptera venom are relatively uncommon but can be life-threatening: venom immunotherapy is the treatme ...
Specific immunotherapy has been widely used to treat allergic rhinitis symptoms. As with any other form of specific immunotherapy, ...
Allergic rhinitis is a very common problem associated with poor quality of life, reductions in social and work activities and p ...
After nasal allergen challenge, substance P and CGRP are released into nasal secretions of atopic patients . In allergic rhinitis patients, but not in normal control subjects, exogenous substance P induces nasal obstruction. (more…)
Treatment with omalizumab has been shown to reduce serum free IgE concentrations and to have beneficial effects on allergic airway ...
Nerve fibers containing a variety of neuropeptides, including substance P and CGRP, have been demonstrated in human skin. Intra ...
This method of Acoustic Rhinometry is performed by doing the cross-sectional areas of the nasal measures by sending a sound pulse t ...
Allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory nasal disorder in which a range of different cells participate. A variety of approaches ha ...
Spring has finally arrived. With it comes many form of spring allergies. I am a victim of the year along of and spring allergies. F ...
The worst part of the holidays is that I can not play all day with my cousins and friends, “says Michael Pena, 9 years old.
Children and their parents share time together during summer. It is time to take advantage of the sport, game parks, and walks through the countryside … fun in the end. (more…)
As a person who suffered form allergies and have a profession as family physician, I have much sympathy for those struggling with i ...
Children in the early of their life is prone to allergy because their body immune system is not developed completely. As a matter o ...
If the onset of summer brings with it itchy eyes, a runny nose and sneezing then it is very likely that you suffer from hayfeve ...
Allergies can be defined as inappropriate immune system reactions to a foreign substance entering body. Allergies are kind of disea ...
Seasonal allergic rhinitis is stimulated by an allergic reaction of human body to pollen and spores. This is much depending on ...