Rhinitus/Sinusitis/Ocular Allergy News

GlaxoSmithKline announced that the FDA has approved Nucala as a treatment for adults who have chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, “a perfect time” for primary care physicians to brush up on the best approaches to diagnosis and treatment, according the president-elect of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Nearly 3% of United States adults self-reported having peanut allergy, with 1.8% “having convincing peanut allergy,” researchers wrote in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

A survey of patients following hospitalization for COVID-19 revealed residual shortness of breath, fatigue and other changes in daily living activities in the 6 months after discharge.

There is “significant variability” in allergen composition, concentration and dose per serving among commercially available early allergen introduction foods, an expert told Healio Primary Care.

Acute sinusitis is inflammation of mucosa lining of one or more paranasal sinuses. In children, most cases begin as a viral infection that extends from nasal mucosa (rhinitis) onto the mucosal lining of paranasal sinuses (sinusitis).

Patients with skin allergies who wear certain types of face masks may experience adverse events, according to a presenter at this year’s virtual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Since 1984, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has declared May as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. One common type of allergy is pet allergy, according to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.

The American Gastroenterological Association published new guidelines focused on the treatment of children and adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Several physicians who spoke with Healio Primary Care applauded the FDA’s decision to make Pataday Twice Daily Relief and Pataday Once Daily Relief available over the counter to patients 2 years of age and older with itchy eyes associated with allergic conjunctivitis.