Asia Pac Allergy.  2016 Apr;6(2):133-135. 10.5415/apallergy.2016.6.2.133.

Need for medication and stuffy nose predict the severity of allergic rhinitis

• Salo T
• Peura S
• Salimäki
• Maasilta P
• Haahtela T
• Kauppi P

• KMID: 2396983
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2016.6.2.133

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Nose*
Rhinitis, Allergic*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Symptom scores (median and 25% and 75% percentiles) of each domain of Rhinasthma questionnaire of the study groups. (A) Activity, (B) burden, (C) respiratory, (D) eye, and (E) nasal domains. Domain scores between the groups were significant (*p < 0.05). Burden score of the group of asthma with no or asymptomatic allergic rhinitis and moderate-severe rhinitis group differed also significantly (p < 0.05). 'Asthma only' means asthma and no or asymptomatic allergic rhinitis; in 'the mild allergic rhinitis' group 64% of the patients had also asthma, and in 'the moderate-severe allergic rhinitis' group 67% had also asthma.

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