Asthma Allergy

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Allergic rhinitis is the condition that occurs when the body's immune system over-responds to specific, non-infectious particles.  It can be considered an asthma allergy.

.......Those particles found airborne include plant pollen, molds, dust mites, animal hair, industrial chemicals and tobacco smoke. Certain foods, medicines, and insect venom can also cause an attack.

Allergic rhinitis is the condition that occurs when the body's immune system over-responds to specific, non-infectious particles.  Those particles found airborne include plant pollen, molds, dust mites, animal hair, industrial chemicals and tobacco smoke. Certain foods, medicines, and insect venom can also cause an attack.

What happens is that during an allergic attack, antibodies attach to mast cells in the lungs, skin, and mucous membranes. That causes a number of chemicals to be released. One of the chemicals, histamine, opens the blood vessels and causes skin redness and swollen membranes. When this occurs in the nose, sneezing and congestion are the result.   Asthma is stimulated.

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Patients are advised that when suffering recurring bouts of allergic rhinitis they should carefully observe their symptoms on a continuous basis. If facial pain or a greenish-yellow nasal discharge occurs, a qualified ear, nose, and throat specialist should be consulted for the appropriate sinusitis treatment.

"We must treat rhinitis as part of asthma treatment because we can control asthma with a lower dose of inhaled steroid," states Dr. Rafael Steelmaker of the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil.

Treating the inflammation associated with allergic rhinitis influences the control of asthma. Until now, few studies have examined the effect of treating rhinitis on persistent asthma and vice versa.

74 patients with mild to moderate asthma and allergic rhinitis participated in the test.  After treatment with inhaled or topical nasal BDP, a steroid, given separately or in combination,  patients in all treatment groups experienced significant improvements in rhinitis and asthma symptoms.

All treatment groups showed significant increases in lung function and there were no differences in bronchial hyper responsiveness, a symptom of asthma, between the groups.

More good news:  The doctors indicated there were significant reductions in the number of emergency room visits, nighttime awakenings due to asthma, and asthma-related absence from work in the combined treatment groups.

The conclusion: "Failure to consider treatment of rhinitis as essential to asthma management might impair clinical control of asthma. Further, these data suggest that asthma and rhinitis in some patients can be controlled by the exclusive use of nasal medication."

"Rhinitis and asthma are usually treated by different specialists", says Dr.Stelmach. He went on to say, "This appears to be the "wrong concept because they are two 'windows' of the same disease."
 
And there you have some very good news for those suffering from asthma allergy. 

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