MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'allergic rhinitis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862741&cid=t_113714_123_f&fid=39041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrnabong.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fallergic-rhinitis.html Once the beautiful Palo Verde trees start to bloom with those pretty yellow flowers then you will start noticing that there would be a lot of individuals starting to sneeze, have sore throats, itchy eyes, nasal congestion and coughing. Fever is not usually a part of this syndrome. Usually when fever happens there is a secondary bacterial infection that happens. Ear infection, sinusitis. There can also be a secondary to viral infection, pharyngitis. You would notice that they would have dark circles under their eyes (allergic shiners) and there is a line across their nose(nasal crease). This happens when they try to wipe their noses using the palms of their hands in an upward motion called the allergic salute. They would also complain of itchy eyes resulting in redness but with a clear disc... Dr Nabong's Pediatric Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862741 Mon, 23 May 2011 22:19:00 +0100 4862741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935797&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fare-your-allergies-acting-up-ragweed-pollen-season-is-here%2F2010.09.05 I don’t know about you, but my allergies have really been acting up lately. Well, maybe not this week since it’s been cooler. But last week my eyes were watering, my nose was running, and my lungs were wheezing (kind of). But for the first two weeks of August, a lot of my patients were complaining about their allergy symptoms getting worse. And for some people, their asthma was getting worse as well. The local TV station called me last week during the beginning of ragweed pollen season and asked me to talk about it: If you find this information helpful, I invite you to check out my other TV interviews about health-related issues. *This blog post was originally published at Doctor Anonymous* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935797 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3935797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721318&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fasthma-allergies-paediatrics-links-and.html Use children as medicine guinea pigs No, this is not yet another bizarre version of recent MMR-vaccine-autism reporting but a rather sensationalist take on a perfectly sensible call by Prof. John Warner for the inclusion of children in medical trials. Children are not small adults. This is one of the reasons that Clark Bartram initiated Paediatric Grand Rounds. This stark fact is a headache for pharmaceutical companies who are frequently criticised for their lack of drugs that are specifically formulated for children and tested on them. Understandably, however, it is difficult to obtain ethical approval for drug trials (or any therapeutic trials) that involve children. There has been a lot of adverse publicity about the effect of anti-depressants on children. There is increasing controvers... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721318 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:19:00 +0100 721318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=688610&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fasthma-misunderstood-and-misdiagnosed.html An estimated 1 in 6 New Zealanders has a diagnosis of asthma. For some time there have been concerns that asthma is misdiagnosed and over-diagnosed: Asthma: A Multi-Headed Hydra or Misunderstood Genus. So, in research terms, it seemed sensible to use hospitals in New Zealand as a testing-ground for a study to evaluate new tests that promise a more accurate assessment of the patient than was previously practical. Investigators needed to explore how well patients tolerate the tests and whether or not the tests were both specific and sensitive enough to provide reliable information that would guide a clinician as to whether a diagnosis of asthma was appropriate or not; and whether they were under-treating or over-treating the patient. Initial results on the first 50 patients have been reporte... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=688610 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:04:00 +0100 688610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612030&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Foil-seed-rape-fashionable-demon-or-time.html This reported attitude is rather more indicative of the pitchforks and torches approach than the scientific approach that one might expect from somebody representing "the leading medical charity for people with allergy". Oh misery me! mecum omnes plangite! (Source: Breath Spa for Kids) Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612030 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:18:00 +0100 612030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=602002&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Freducing-hayfever-symptoms-abusing-my.html It seems that Dr. Clark Bartram of Unintelligent Design has granted me a damehood. I have just learned of my enoblement to Dame Shinga Salisbury Shingashire. I shall follow in the fine tradition of people who abuse honours by recommending something for which I have absolutely no evidence-base although I feel its truthiness.Stephen Colbert's "truthiness"...describes things that a person claims to know, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or actual facts.I realise that it would fully round out my abuse if I were to have a financial or other interest in my recommendation but, sadly, I don't, not even indirectly, no matter how upstream or downstream you look. Nonetheless, I hope that the lack of any conflict of interest doesn't detract from the magnitude of the complet... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=602002 Fri, 11 May 2007 16:59:00 +0100 602002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569578&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fholford-recommends-nutritional-approach.html And please let Shinga read some decent research papers before she explodes.Several valued correspondents have brought Patrick Holford's nutritional recommendations for people with hayfever to my attention. Holford's PR people are to be congratulated because the same press release appears in many places in the form of articles about dealing with hayfever: one of the most recent of these is in the Manchester Evening News, Supplements to Solve Hayfever Sniffles. There is a more detailed account of Holford's claims regarding particular supplements and hayfever on his own site.I'm going to state right here that there is negligible evidence to support Holford's claim that:MSM has so many benefits for allergy sufferers that it’s hard to know where to start.I will enlarge upon why I reject this ... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569578 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:18:00 +0100 569578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=567169&cid=t_113714_117_f&fid=34444&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.webmd.com%2Fallergies-and-asthma%2F2007%2F04%2Fallergies-dont-blame-fragrant-flowers.html Close to SpectacularIt's Springtime in the northern hemisphere, so many of us are sneezing again. Although the daffodils are blooming in Minnesota and the cherry blossom festival is underway in Washington DC, these beautiful flowers are not the cause of your hay fever acting up again. Plants and trees with flowers don't generate much airbourne pollen.It's the trees, grasses, and weeds without flowers which are tickling your nose, or congesting your sinuses. They are spreading billions of very small pollen granules into the wind. The trees and plants with flowers, on the other hand, are attracting insects as their method of cross-pollenation. Some people have associated flowers with allergic rhinitis, but their reactions were more likely due to the molds growing in the flower pots, in the w... Allergies and Asthma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=567169 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 567169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=554447&cid=t_113714_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Firregular-verb-theory-and-supportive.html I'm frequently reminded of the irregular verb theory. Val McDermid has a pithy example:I am diplomaticYou are tactfulHe/she is a liarI think that irregular noun counting is also becoming more common. For some time, it seems as if single studies are transformed into plurals and a handful of studies is inflated into "a plethora". (YorkTest make this charming transformation:There is now a plethora of data showing that people who have adapted their diet according to the YORKTEST results report an improvement in their symptoms. Some of these data have been independently reported [refs to 4 studies, one of which is unpublished, another of which is a poster at a conference and one other that is of dubious clinical relevance (like the unpublished, it is an audit of a customer satisfaction question... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554447 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:06:00 +0100 554447