Diagnosing Allergic Rhinitis

Glenis K Scadding; Guy W Scadding

doi:10.1016/j.iac.2015.12.003

Diagnosing Allergic Rhinitis

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2016 May;36(2):249-60. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.12.003. Epub 2016 Feb 26.

Authors

Glenis K Scadding¹, Guy W Scadding²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Allergy and Rhinology, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, 330 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA, UK. Electronic address: g.scadding@ucl.ac.uk.
² Allergy, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.

PMID: 27083100
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.12.003

Abstract

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is the most common immunologic disease in industrialized societies and has a significant impact on quality of life. Most asthmatics also have rhinitis. AR may present with comorbidities, including chronic otitis media with effusion, cough, and pollen-food cross-reactivity. AR may occur in isolation or be part of a mixed rhinitis.

Keywords: Allergic rhinitis (AR); Diagnosis; History; Nasal allergen challenge; Nasendoscopy; Skin prick tests; Specific IgE.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Allergens / immunology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Nose / pathology
Quality of Life
Rhinitis, Allergic / diagnosis*
Rhinitis, Allergic / pathology

Substances

Allergens
Immunoglobulin E