Affiliation:
1. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Abstract
Forty-six asthmatic children with repeated respiratory infections presented symptoms of allergic rhinitis. All patients were treated locally for allergic rhinitis either with disodium cromoglycate or beclomethasone dipropionate. After six months of treatment, 95% of the children showed improvement of allergic rhinitis and 84% improvement of bronchial asthma, as well as fewer infections. We concluded that allergic rhinitis plays an important role in facilitating infections of the upper respiratory tract, and a possible association of rhinitis, viral infections and bronchial asthma is discussed.
Reference21 articles.
1. Bronchial hyperreactivity;BOUSHEY H.A.;Am Rev Resp Dis,1980
2. The contribution of viral respiratory infections to the pathogenesis of airway hyperreactivity;BUSSE W.W.;Chest,1988
3. Secretory and humoral immunologic response of atopic and non atopic individuals to intranasally administered antigen;BUTCHER B.T.;Clin Allergy,1975
4. Respiratory virus infections and aeroallergens in acute bronchial asthma;CARLSEN K.H.;Arch Dis Child,1989
5. Mechanism of bronchial hyperreactivity in normal subjects after upper respiratory tract infection;EMPEY D.N.;Am Rev Resp Dis,1976
Cited by
4 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献