title: [Rhinitis, sinusitis and allergy].
abstract: The allergic and infectious diseases of the nasal mucous represent two of the most frequent and chronic upper airways diseases in children and young adults. They are a public health problem of great magnitude due to the high prevalence that causes a great welfare pressure in terms of ambulatory consultations, significant deterioration of the quality of life so much for the patient who suffers them, like for the relatives and affect the community for the high socioeconomic costs that these generate. It is indispensable to know the physiopathology to be able to realize in time a suitable diagnosis and with it to offer a treatment adapted to diminish it recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Dr. Márquez 162, colonia Doctores, CP 06720, México, DF. blancadelrio@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Blanca Estela
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: del Río-Navarro
authors.forename: Fernando Mitsutoshi
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ito-Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zepeda-Ortega
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D018448:Models, Immunological; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016207:Cytokines