title: Oral hyposensitization of children with pollinosis or house-dust asthma.
abstract: 25 years of experience have proven oral hyposensitization to be an effective and safe method for specific treatment of respiratory allergies in children up to the age of 10-12 years. For pollinosis aqueous extracts or pollen powder are used. Results after at least two cures are comparable to those observed after subcutaneous hyposensitization. In house-dust asthma oral hyposensitization is performed either with commercially available extracts or with extracts prepared from the patient's own house-dust. The way to collect such dust samples, their use in testing and the preparation of extracts from it are described. Long-term results with oral hyposensitization of children with house-dust asthma are good.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011058:Pollen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D004391:Dust