An allergic patient’s history may point the clinician’s assessment to a specific area or organ system during allergy testing. In general, physical examination may be standard; shortage of findings isn’t going to rule out allergy.
Essential indicators are a starting point in any physical examination of allergic patients. Respiratory rate is essential as well, but hyperventilation is more a representation of minute ventilation (respiratory rate × tidal volume) than respiratory rate on it’s own. (more…)
Are you frustrated because sneezing a lot? The real problem may be right in your face under your nose, literally! Sinus infection or sinusitis is an irritation of the sinuses. Sinuses is the air openings in the bones of the face lined with mucous membranes alongside with nose passage way. The infection in this area leads to suppression of infection in the nasal blockage or nasal allergen, which leads to inflammation of the sinuses. (more…)
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…)
