When Seasonal Allergies Get Serious
By Lacie Glover for U.S. News
Spring is finally here, and many regions in the U.S. are beginning to thaw after a treacherous winter. Many of us are eager to get outside to welcome back warmer weather.
But if you’re one of 50 million Americans with seasonal allergies, you might be dreading spring as much as others look forward to it. Spring allergy season is the worst time of year for most allergy sufferers, although some regions experience allergy-inducing weather year-round.
For most people, seasonal allergies are not severe, and over-the-counter medications are sufficient to deal with occasional flare-ups of sneezin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is A Specific Corticosteroid Better for Treatment of Asthma Than Another?
Discussion
Asthma is a chronic obstructive lung disease that affects many children and adults. There is a wide range of symptoms that people experience from occurring relatively rarely (ie intermittent asthma) to patients having daily symptoms of such intensity that they are life-threatening (ie chronic severe asthma). The goals of asthma management include patient education and medication management so patients have no or minimal symptoms, prevent exacerbations, have no activity restrictions, have normal pulmonary function tests, have no or minimal medication side effects and meet patient and family expectations. Well con...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 5, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How Much Cetirizine Can Be Used?
Discussion
Antihistamine medications have been available for over 70 years. The original H1-antihistamines, while effective in treated allergic rhinitis, urticaria and other allergic problems, easily penetrated the blood-brain barrier and caused somnolence. The newer, second generation H1-antihistamines have much less somnolent side effects because of poor penetrance.
Fexofenadine (Allegra®), desloratadine (Claritin®) and levocetirizine (Zyrtec®) are commonly used H1-antihistamines in the US today. Previously Astemazole (Hismanal®) and Terfanadine (Seldane®) were used but were withdrawn because of prob...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 7, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
New Sleep Articles Available from April
This month brings a bouquet of articles meant to address seasonal allergies, so common as spring flowers bloom. Included in this collection are both over-the-counter and prescription options, pills and sprays that can be used to treat allergic rhinitis. Explore these options, including: Allegra, Claritin, Zyrtec, Singulair, Nasacort, Veramyst, and Zetonna. In addition, learn how a backpack might help you to prevent snoring and sleep apnea that occurs when sleeping on your back.
Read More:
How a Backpack Might Prevent Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Over-the-Counter Allegra Medication for Allergies
Over-the-Counter Claritin M...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - April 28, 2014 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news
Why Does My Nose Run - And Other Common Allergy Questions
Allergies got you down? Wondering how to get relief? Namrata Shidhaye, MD, a family physician at Duke Primary Care Waverly Place, helps sort out the causes and cures for your annoying runny nose.
The older I get, the more my nose runs. Can you develop seasonal allergies as an adult that you didn’t have as a child?
Yes, adults can develop environmental allergies at any age. Asthma can develop during adulthood as well. A runny nose isn’t always a sign of allergies, though. Older individuals may experience runny nose due to age-related physical changes—some people, as they age, develop overactive tear ducts and nasal ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - April 11, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Primary Care Source Type: news
RCT: Acupuncture in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis
Source: Ann Intern Med
Area: News
The Annals of Internal Medicine has featured the results of a randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture in the management of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).
The multicentre trial involved patients seen at 6 hospital clinics and 32 private outpatient clinics. A total of 422 persons with SAR and IgE sensitisation to birch and grass pollen were recruited, and patients were randomised to receive one of the following three treatment arms:
. Acupuncture plus rescue medication (RM) (cetirizine) (n = 212)
. Placebo acupuncture with RM ...
Source: NeLM - News - February 19, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
