title: Allergy treatment: environmental control strategies.
abstract: This article aims to help physicians and allergy care providers understand: the role of environmental control in the treatment of allergic disease; the concept of "the inflammatory load"; current published studies on environmental control; factors that influence levels of indoor and outdoor allergens; different methods to decrease patients' exposure to indoor and outdoor allergens; problems related to nonallergic symptom triggers; special considerations for school and workplace avoidance; role of environmental control in the prevention of allergic disease; various products available on the market to assist in avoidance; and how to plan with the patient to implement environmental control strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Allergy Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10021, USA. Wir2011@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Reisacher
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003058:Cockroaches; D004285:Dogs; D004391:Dust; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D011058:Pollen; D039981:Pyroglyphidae; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust