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Allergic rhinitis - Management
Basis for recommendation
- These recommendations are based on expert opinion included in guidelines for the management of allergic rhinitis provided by the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology [Scadding et al, 2008]. There is a lack of good-quality trials examining the effect of house dust mite avoidance techniques in controlling the symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
- A Cochrane review of allergen avoidance techniques in the control of perennial allergic rhinitis found [Sheikh et al, 2007b]:
- Seven relevant randomized controlled trials, of which two trials were of good quality and five small trials were of poor quality.
- Of the interventions investigated, the authors found limited evidence that the use of acaricides and extensive bedroom-based environmental control programs may reduce symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis caused by house dust mite.
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