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How to treat allergic rhinitis?

First, avoid contact with allergens

To treat allergic diseases, we must first prevent allergies. To prevent allergies, we must first identify the allergens and then adopt effective methods for targeted prevention. . In addition to preliminary screening based on medical history, finding allergens must also be confirmed through in vivo or in vitro testing.

Second, drug treatment

Commonly used drugs include antihistamines, nasal topical steroids, leukotriene inhibitors, mast cell membrane stabilizers, decongestants and anticholinergic drugs. Usually drug treatment cannot achieve a complete cure, but it can relieve symptoms and reduce the onset time of allergic rhinitis.

Third, immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is the only treatment recommended by the World Health Organization that can change the immune constitution of patients with allergies, and it is also the only treatment that can change the natural course of the disease in patients. The mechanism is that through regular immune injections, the patient's immune system becomes normal and can gradually "adapt" to external allergens, thereby avoiding the occurrence of allergic symptoms. At present, in Guangzhou, there are "Tertiary A" hospitals such as the Department of Otolaryngology of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, the Allergy Department of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College of Sun Yat-sen University, and the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region, etc., which have launched this medical service. Meet the needs of the majority of patients.

Fourth. Surgical treatment

Some patients with allergic rhinitis require physical therapy or surgical treatment. Physical therapy includes radio frequency, laser, microwave, etc.; surgical treatment includes nasal septum correction and inferior turbinate treatment. Surgery, vidian neurotomy, preethmoidal nerve transection or block.