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1.What is allergic rhinitis?

A. Bouts of sneezing, called allergic rhinitis in medical terminology, is one of the commonest forms of allergy. It may occur in children or in older people, but, mostly, it occurs among young adults. Males and females are equally affected by it. The symptoms may be mild or very severe and distressing.

 

2. What is seasonal allergic rhinitis?

A. Sneezing, running of the nose and itching in the eyes occurring in a person in a particular season, year after year, are the characteristics of seasonal allergic rhinitis. In other months of the year, the person feels perfectly normal. The condition is also called hay fever, though it has no causal connection with hay and no fever occurs in this condition.

 

3. What is the cause of seasonal allergic

rhinitis?

A. The cause of seasonal allergic rhinitis is the exposure to pollens of the grasses, weeds and trees, that are present in the air in a particular season. The condition is also called pollinosis i.e., caused by exposure to pollens.

 

4. What is perennial allergic rhinitis?

A. Some persons have sneezing and running nose almost all the year round. This conditions is also referred to as “perennial allergic rhinitis”. These symptoms occur more often in the early morning,but may last throughout the day and even the night.A majority of the patients complain of a blocked or stuffy nose and of post-nasal discharge as well.Children develop a peculiar mannerism of wiping their nose. They elevate the tip of the nose with the palm of the hand and wriggle the nose and mouth from side to side; this gives them a temporary relief from the symptoms. Constant rubbing of the nose sometimes leads to the development of a crease across the nose, called

the “allergic crease”.

 

5. What is the cause of perennial allergic

rhinitis?

A. The condition is caused by allergy to pollens that occur throughout the year, or to number of pollens that collectively occur throughout the year; moulds (fungi) present in the air all the year round may also be the causative factor. House dust may also cause perennial allergic rhinitis.

 

6. Do seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis

patients develop asthma?

A. In some patients, symptoms of asthma also appear. These may start at the onset of the disease, or they may appear later. In certain cases, along with sneezing, there is cough only and no asthma. Symptoms of cough and asthma may continue

even when attacks of sneezing cease.

 

 7.What complications can occur because of

allergic rhinitis?

A. Allergic reaction in the nose and throat can lead to congestion and inflammation causing nasal polyps, tonsillitis, enlarged adenoids, sinusitis

and the middle ear disease. Nasal polyps look like bunches of grapes in the nose. They are due to the presence of fluid behind the nasal mucous membrane, causing it to hang down because of the weight of the fluid. They disturb breathing, making the person a mouth breather. The patient loses sense of smell because the smelling area in the nose is encroached upon by the polyps. Tonsils and adenoids get usually enlarged and infected, causing fever and bad throat. Surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids is not the answer

to the problem. Allergic rhinitis needs first to be

treated and controlled. Sinusitis is inflammation of the mucous lining of the sinuses. It causes fever, stuffy nose, sleep disturbances, posterior nasal discharge into the throat, which may be foul smelling. Infection in the middle ear in children, in majority of the cases, is a complication of allergic rhinitis.

 

8. How is the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis

established?

A. Medical history of the patient reveals the diagnosis most of the time. The history of allergy in parents and siblings may be present. Local examination of the nose and throat is necessary. This reveals swollen greyish-pale mucous membrane. Nasal polyps may also be seen. Laboratory examination of the nasal secretions reveals the presence of eosinophil cells. This establishes the diagnosis. The substances to which a person is allergic can be established by doing the skin allergy tests. Positive reactions correlating with the history of the presence of symptoms in the same months or seasons in which those pollens are present in the air, establish the allergic agents.

 

9. How is allergic rhinitis differentiated from

viral common cold?

A. Common cold usually begins with malaise, aches and pains, diminished appetite and a slight rise of temperature. Running nose and sneezing occur either simultaneously or soon after. The nasal discharge is at first watery but later it becomes

thick. History of the disease, family history, examination of the nose, and nasal smear, help to differentiate between allergic rhinitis and common cold. A nasal smear does not show eosinophils in a viral infection, while it does so in a case of allergic rhinitis.

 

10.How  homeopathic medicines cure Allergic rhinitis ?

Homeopathic medicines stimulate the immune system and set right the altered immune system. It allows body to cure disease itself.

 

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