Rhinitus/Sinusitis/Ocular Allergy News

Food allergy and food sensitization in early childhood appeared associated with oral allergy syndrome among children with allergic rhinitis, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps experienced improved sleep and functioning after 52 weeks of treatment with dupilumab, according to research published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Lirentelimab safely improved severe allergy conjunctivitis and concomitant atopic symptoms, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

By inhibiting IL-4R alpha in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease, dupilumab improved respiratory symptoms and smell among other positive outcomes, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Doctors should consider intranasal corticosteroids for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who also have COVID-19 to minimize loss of olfactory function, according to a study published in Allergy and Asthma Proceedings.

Different age-specific patterns defined the relationships between early daycare, severe airway infection, preterm birth and atopy-related diseases in childhood, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Leading specialists in allergy, asthma and immunology have formed Healio Allergy/Asthma’s Peer Perspective Board to help guide coverage and provide their expert take on the latest advances in the field.

Providers can measure total IgE levels in tears to rapidly and immediately diagnose seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in addition to predicting its severity and prognosis, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

A combined set of clinical and biological variables predicted polyp recurrence and severity among patients who have had endoscopic sinus surgery, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Infants with early-low and catch-up or below-average BMI growth, along with a mother with allergic rhinitis, had an increased risk for allergic rhinitis by age 18 years, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.