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Abstract

Clinical Efficacy of Sublingual Specific Immunotherapy in Children with Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on their Inflammatory Factors and Immune Function

Author(s): Ping Dong, S. M. Tang*, L. Su, Xin Jia and W. Shen
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Zhoushan Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316000, China

Correspondence Address:
S. M. Tang, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Zhoushan Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316000, China, E-mail: tangshiminggood@163.com


The main objective of this study is to analyze the effects of sublingual specific immunotherapy and conventional drug therapy on inflammatory factors and immune function in children with allergic rhinitis. The research subjects were divided into three groups, group A received sublingual administration of dust mite drops, group B received routine treatment such as passive intervention with topical hormones, antihistamines and nasal irrigation and group C received sublingual administration of dust mite drops and on the basis of drop therapy, conventional treatments such as topical and systemic use of corticosteroids, antihistamines and anti-leukotriene’s are combined. Comparison was done among the three different sets of indicators. After treatment, the allergic rhinitis symptom score, visual analog scale score and inflammatory factor index levels in the three groups were calculated. The score was lower in group A than in group B and lower in group C than in group A. Adverse reactions were lowest in group A and highest in group C. After treatment, the levels of whole blood cluster of differentiation 4+, cluster of differentiation 4+/cluster of differentiation 8+ cells and serum immunoglobulin E were lower in group C than group A, and lower in group B than group A. The cluster of differentiation 8+ index was highest in group C and lowest in group B. Sublingual specific immunotherapy is effective and safe for children with allergic rhinitis.

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