The Effectiveness of Acupuncture Compared to Loratadine in Patients Allergic to House Dust Mites

المؤلفون المشاركون

Hauswald, Bettina
Boxberger, Jürgen
Yarin, Yury M.
Dill, Christina
Kuhlisch, Eberhard
Zahnert, Thomas

المصدر

Journal of Allergy

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-06-05

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

7

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Background.

The aim of this work was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture and its impact on the immune system in comparison to loratadine in the treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis caused by house dust mites.

Methods.

In this study, 24 patients suffering from persistent allergic rhinitis induced by house dust mites were treated either with acupuncture (n=15) or with loratadine (n=9).

The evaluation of the data was based on the subjective and the objective rhinoconjunctivitis symptom scores, specific and total IgE, and interleukins (IL-4, IL-10, and IFN-γ) as markers for the activity of Th1 or Th2 cells.

Results.

The treatments with acupuncture as well as with loratadine were considered effective in the patients’ subjective assessment, whereby the effect of the acupuncture tended to be assessed as more persistent after the end of treatment.

A change in the specific or the total IgE was not detectable in either group.

The interleukin profile showed the tendency of an increasing IL-10 value in the acupuncture group.

The results of the study show that the effectiveness of acupuncture is comparable to that of loratadine.

Conclusion.

Acupuncture is a clinically effective form of therapy in the treatment of patients suffering from persistent allergic rhinitis.

The results indicate the probability of an immunomodulatory effect.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Hauswald, Bettina& Dill, Christina& Boxberger, Jürgen& Kuhlisch, Eberhard& Zahnert, Thomas& Yarin, Yury M.. 2014. The Effectiveness of Acupuncture Compared to Loratadine in Patients Allergic to House Dust Mites. Journal of Allergy،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488638

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Hauswald, Bettina…[et al.]. The Effectiveness of Acupuncture Compared to Loratadine in Patients Allergic to House Dust Mites. Journal of Allergy No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488638

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Hauswald, Bettina& Dill, Christina& Boxberger, Jürgen& Kuhlisch, Eberhard& Zahnert, Thomas& Yarin, Yury M.. The Effectiveness of Acupuncture Compared to Loratadine in Patients Allergic to House Dust Mites. Journal of Allergy. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488638

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-488638