Do you yourself or your family have the following manifestations of allergic rhinitis: frequent repeated sneezing, nasal discharge, nose ventilation, open mouth breathing, nasal itching, some of which will be accompanied by itchy eyes and tears, etc., these symptoms seriously affect your daily work and life, especially my sleep at that time will also be greatly affected, resulting in no spirit during the day, and for female patients, snoring is also a very disgusting thing. But there are too many people with allergic rhinitis, and there is always a friend or colleague around you who will inadvertently sneeze and run a nose. Data show that there are about 600 million patients with allergic rhinitis in the world, accounting for about 9% of the total population, while the incidence of people in Europe and the Americas can reach 15% to 30%, not only that, the prevalence of several large and medium-sized cities in China can reach 21.4%, and its growth trend is rapid.
A couple suffers from allergic rhinitis, and sneezing and runny nose are common
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > how severe allergic rhinitis progresses</h1>
(1) The progression of the disease, in addition to sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, nasal itching symptoms further aggravated, some patients will continue to aggravate the edema of the nasal mucosa, resulting in decreased sense of smell, reduced sensitivity to odor, if it continues to progress, can cause persistent, irreversible loss of smell.
My lover is allergic rhinitis, and sometimes she can't smell the gas I smell.
(2) Recurrent headache: After the progression of allergic rhinitis, some patients will have allergic sinusitis, and then headaches.
(3) Poor sleep quality: in severe cases, the time of deep sleep at night is significantly shortened, and there are dreamy situations, which affect sleep at the same time, and the result will also cause poor mental health and reactive headaches.
(4) Psychological and mental changes: repeated sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, etc. seriously affect work and life, causing continuous damage to the patient's body and mind, causing patients with inferiority, anxiety, tantrums, impatience, and obsessive-compulsive psychology, and serious mental changes can occur, 1/10 of allergic rhinitis patients have mental health problems, while 13% of patients in a sub-healthy psychological state are in a sub-healthy state of mind. Nasal congestion and itchy nose have a greater impact on depression, anxiety and psychiatric disorders.
(5) Asthma: Epidemiological statistical report: 40% of patients with allergic rhinitis will develop bronchial asthma, and at the same time, because of the genetic factors and interaction processes common to the two, 80% of asthma patients will also develop allergic rhinitis. One of the important reasons is that the allergen repeatedly stimulates the nasal cavity to produce allergic inflammation, and the inflammatory mediators, chemokines and inflammatory cells produced not only act on the nose, but also play an inflammatory role through blood circulation to the bronchial mucosa.
(6) Studies have shown that some patients with allergic rhinitis will induce the occurrence of nasal polyps.
(7) Allergic rhinitis occurs during children and adolescents, which will lead to a decrease in their learning ability, attention, and even the occurrence of ADHD.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > common allergen in China</h1>
Each region and everyone may have different allergens, because it is related to the environment, climate and economic conditions of the region, but the results of more relevant studies in China show that the most common allergen for allergic rhinitis patients in China is dust mites. Dust mites are mainly divided into house dust mites and dust mites, and house dust mites most often lurk in the bedrooms where we live, mainly on sleeping pillows, mattresses, and various dressers, furniture, they eat the human body's shedding dandruff preserved fruit, and dust mites are mainly present in grains and grains such as rice and rice noodles. This is also the reason why we often sneeze, nasal congestion, allergies.
(1) The "top five" allergens in the northern region:
1. Dust mites, up to 41% or more,
2. House dust mites, statistics of about 38%,
3. Tropical mites, 28%,
4. Mugwort, up to 24%,
5. Dog hair, up to 15.0%,
(The above data is a percentage of the number of people in the statistics, and a person with allergic rhinitis may be allergic to multiple allergens)
(2) "Top Five" allergens in the eastern region
1. Dust mites, up to 60.4% or more,
2. House dust mites, statistics of about 59%,
3. Tropical mites, 35%,
4. American cockroach, up to 17%
5. Dog hair, up to 11%
(3) "Top five" allergens in the southern coastal areas
1. Dust mites, up to 68.8% or more,
2. House dust mites, statistics of about 67%,
3. Tropical mites, 52%,
4. American cockroach, up to 22%
5. Dog hair, up to 17%
(4) "Top Five" allergens in southwest China
1. Dust mites, up to 78% or more,
2. House dust mites, statistics of about 77%,
3. Tropical mites, 55%,
5. German cockroach, up to 13%
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the prevention and treatment of allergic rhinitis</h1>
(1) Avoiding contact with allergens is the most effective method. Whether it is allergic to food or dust mites, animals and plants, avoiding contact will not induce the occurrence of allergic rhinitis, but how to avoid it is more difficult, especially for some microorganisms, pollen, dust and other allergens. Keeping the bedroom and the house clean, changing bed sheets, pillowcases, quilt covers and other long-term contact daily necessities frequently, and cleaning the face before going to bed can reduce the occurrence of allergies to a certain extent, mainly for mites as allergens.
(2) Intranasal hormone spray treatment, is currently the most commonly used, but also the best effect of the treatment, fluticasone furoate, mometasone furoate nasal spray for allergic rhinitis patients sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itching and other nasal symptoms, efficacy and safety is high. However, it is not recommended to use the same drug for a long time, so as not to create drug resistance.
(3) Anti-allergic drugs (antihistamines) treatment, cetirizine has a good alleviating effect on the symptoms of allergic rhinitis, and can improve and improve the quality of life. Azelastine nasal spray is more effective against sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itching, etc.
Antileuktriene drugs, which can reduce nasal symptoms in patients with allergic rhinitis. (Use the drug as directed by a physician)
(4) Irrigation of the nasal cavity can improve the patient's nasal congestion, nasal itching, runny nose and other symptoms to a certain extent, improve the quality of life, and is often used as a saline irrigation solution.
(5) Pollen blockers have a good curative effect on patients with pollen allergies in spring.