Allergic rhinitis incidence

Allergic rhinitis with a 20% incidence which is constantly increasing in relation to environmental (smog, cigarette smoke) and climatic factors is today considered a systemic disease with the nose as the shock organ [1], This trend has, consequently, resulted in an increase in social and economic expenditure on the disease arousing interest in prevention and, particularly, in specific immunosensitizing therapy administered subcutaneously or locally [2],... 

The authors of a report of a comparison of the effectiveness of ebastine (10 and 20 mg) and loratadine (10 mg) for perennial allergic rhinitis claimed that ebastine provided greater symptomatic relief than loratadine, but with a similar low incidence of central effects and headache (60). 

It possesses a low incidence of side-effects and mcty he employed in the treatment of all types of suspected allergies, namely—hcty fever, chronic urticarias, allergic rhinitis and allergic dermatitis. 

Kawasaki disease and allergic rhinitis/ conjunctivitis due to allergy to the pollen of Cryptomeria japonica were both first described in the early 1960s, and there is a correlation between the pollen count in different sites and the annual incidence of Kawasaki disease [48 ]. An aetiological link has therefore been suggested. 

Hypersensitivity reactions to aspirin are much more likely to occur in patients with asthma or allergic problems than in the normal population. One in 10 patients with asthma may be hypersensitive and suffer severe bronchospasm. Other reactions are urticaria, angioedema and rhinitis. The incidence of hypersensitivity to ibuprofen is much lower than with aspirin, but the drug should be avoided by patients with asthma and individuals who are sensitive to aspirin, unless they have taken ibuprofen before without problems. 

Although many side effects are associated with OCDs, the incidence of actual allergic reactions to the hormones themselves appears to be low. Chilla and Hau-BRiCH (1975) questioned 460 women in a survey and determined that the symptoms of the 67 women who were allergic were not the result of hormonal therapy. In 1977 Frouchtman et al. published the results of a study to assess the incidence of allergies to medication in allergic patients. Of 500 selected case histories, they reported only one patient with crisis of vasomotor rhinitis due to birth control pills. ... 

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