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Treatment of allergic rhinitis

Patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms should be adequately treated and educated, write
Jane Scullion and Dr Steve Holmes

In the first article for our series in Independent Nurse, we discussed the presentation of allergic rhinitis, differential diagnoses, and how to make a good diagnosis.1 This second article will concentrate on therapeutic options in allergic rhinitis, and the third and final article in the series will look at the management of asthma and allergic rhinitis.

The definition of allergic rhinitis is an inflammatory disorder of the nose that occurs when the membranes lining the nose become sensitised to allergens.2 We know that allergic rhinitis is associated with the development of allergic conjunctivitis and asthma, and it has an substantial impact on sufferers, either on its own or with its associated developments.1-5

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