Dutch scientists from the Department of Pediatrics, Isala klinieken, announced that untreated allergic rhinitis promotes the development of asthma. The results of their research were published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
The aim of the scientists’ research was to identify the effect of untreated allergic rhinitis on the development of asthma.
The research was carried out on a group of 203 children aged 5 to 18 years suffering from bronchial asthma using questionnaires and examining the concentration of nitric oxide in the exhaled air with the Niox Mino analyzer.
Researchers from the Netherlands diagnosed allergic rhinitis in as many as 157 children (76%) suffering from bronchial asthma – at the same time only in 88 patients (56%) it was previously confirmed by a doctor.
The analysis of the questionnaires showed a faster development of bronchial asthma in children suffering from allergic rhinitis. At the same time, scientists observed that the treatment of allergic rhinitis with intranasal gilocorticoid therapy may contribute to the improvement of bronchial asthma in children.
Bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis are among the most common childhood diseases. It is estimated that allergic rhinitis co-develops with bronchial asthma in about 60-80% of patients. children, however, it is rarely associated with it by doctors (PAP).
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