Serum levels of IgE to pollen allergens increase in allergic patients during the pollen season. Nasal tissues
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allergic patients during the pollen season. Nasal tissues appear to play a critical role in this rise because levels of IgE to these allergens may be inhibited by intranasal steroids administered during the season.1,2 Sodium chloride nasal irrigation is an old home remedy used for rhinitis relief with a presumably rather simple action: nasal cleansing and secretion removal. Here we have assessed for the first time the effect of nasal irrigation on the seasonal IgE increase in grass-allergic patients.
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