The asthma rhinitis link.
The reports and similarities between rhinitis and asthma are presented--common triggers, common inflammatory mechanisms and incidence of association of both diseases are analysed. Personal data on the frequency of asthma in rhinitis and of rhinitis in asthma are presented. The effect of nasal provocations tests in peak expiratory flow in patients with and without rhinitis is compared being greater in presence of nasal allergy. Finally the ARIA recommendations are discussed.
Palma-Carlos
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Clinical Allergy Immunology Center, CAIC Lisbon, Portugal. a-g-palma-carlos@clix.pt
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*