BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis. METHODS We identified 67,532 patients with allergic rhinitis (allergic rhinitis cohort) and a 135,064 control cohort with the same mean age and sex ratio by using a Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) sample from 2000 to 2005. RESULTS After ...

BACKGROUND A clinically relevant relationship between classic asthma and allergic rhinitis has been reported. However, the possible link between cough variant asthma (CVA) and allergic rhinitis remains unknown. OBJECTIVES To clarify the prevalence and clinical relevance of perennial allergic rhinitis or seasonal allergic rhinitis in CVA patients compared to classic asthma patients. METHODS ...

background:  the development of allergic rhinitis (ar) is caused by the interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors. in this study, the association between gata3 single nucleotide polymorphisms and ar in an iranian population was identified. methods:  this case-control study was performed on 86 patients with ar and 86 healthy subjects. this study aimed to evaluate a pot...

Dear Editor;
 We read with interest the article titled “Use of methacoline challenge test to detect bronchial hyperresponsiveness in children persistent rhinitis” published Cukurova Medical Journal by Guc et al. [1]. 
 This study showed that BHR positivity is high allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis can cause false positive BHR. In addition, smoking and COPD positives [2, 3]. occur c...

introduction: submucoperichondrial injection of botulinum neurotoxin a (bta) in the nasal septum is a promising therapeutic option in the treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis (ar) and non-allergic rhinitis, and is safer and more effective than intraturbinate injection in reducing clinical symptoms.   materials and methods: forty patients diagnosed with persistent ar or non-allergic rhiniti...

BACKGROUND Not much data are available from large, unselected, birth cohort studies on the natural course and comorbidities of rhinitis in children. OBJECTIVE To study phenotypes of rhinitis in relation to the natural course and comorbidities of allergic diseases in preschool-age and early school-age children. METHODS We analyzed data from a birth cohort of 2024 children, for whom informati...

BACKGROUND An important subpopulation in allergic rhinitis is represented by patients with severe form of disease that is not responsive to drug treatment. It has been reported that grass pollen subcutaneous immunotherapy is effective in drug-resistant patients. In a real-life study, we evaluated the efficacy of 5-grass pollen tablets in patients with grass pollen-induced allergic rhinitis not ...

background: asthma and allergic rhinitis are among the most common diseases in the world. objective: the aim of this study was to detect, by skin prick test, aeroallergens in allergic patients in sari, mazandaran in north of iran. methods: this is a prospective study of skin prick test of aeroallergens in asthma, allergic rhinitis and their combination with clinical diagnosis. three hundred and...

allergic rhinitis is one of the most common health problems with a major effect on the quality of life. we intended to treat allergic rhinitis (ar) in patients who are either unresponsive to antihistamines or their job requires optimal alertness that may be disturbed by antihistamine’s side effects and those who do not comply with the regular use. we tried short term phototherapy and evaluated ...

allergic rhinitis (ar) is a common global health problem with approximately one quarter of  the  world population  affected. the  quality of  life (qol)  of  sufferers with ar is significantly affected. the aim of this study was to evaluate the qol of adults with ar. this study was designed for adults with ar above 18 years old. the study was conducted using a valid rhinitis quality of life que...