Effect of rhinophototherapy on nasal congestion in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis
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Tarih
2021
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Pacini Editore
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objective. The aim of the present study was to objectively and subjectively evaluate the effects of adding rhinophototherapy to intranasal beclomethasone dipropionate to treat nasal congestion in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Method. Seventy-five seasonal allergic rhinitis patients were randomly divided into two groups. Patients in Group 1 received intranasal beclomethasone dipropionate for two weeks and patients in Group 2 had rhinophototherapy added to the same medical therapy as Group 1. The effectiveness of treatments was evaluated with the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ), Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation scale (NOSE) questionnaires and active anterior rhinomanometry. Results. After treatment, significant improvement was observed in Group 2 vs Group 1 in terms of RQLQ (p = 0.011) and NOSE (p = 0.001) scores. In Group 2, significant differences were observed between before and after treatment for inspiratory total nasal resistance (p = 0.004). However, no significant differences vs. baseline were observed in Group 1. Conclusion. Our study shows that adding intranasal phototherapy with a combination of UVA, UVB and visible light therapy to nasal beclomethasone dipropionate treatment objectively improves nasal patency in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Rhinophototherapy, Nasal Congestion, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, Rhinomanometry, Total Nasal Resistance
Kaynak
Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica
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Q2
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
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41
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2
Künye
Karali, E., Gunes, A., Ural, A., Akin, I., Ozsari, E., & Kalaycioglu, O. (2021). Effect of rhinophototherapy on nasal congestion in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica, 41(2), 151.
