Management of children with allergic rhinitis in the practice of a local pediatrician

Due to the increase in the weight of allergic diseases in the general pathology of childhood, the diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis in children and the management of these patients at the outpatient stage have not lost their relevance. The period of preschool and school age is characterized by a high frequency of acute respiratory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, especially acute rhinitis, rhinopharyngitis, rhinosinusitis. This daily poses to the district pediatrician the tasks of differential diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and acute rhinitis with a prolonged course. Allergic rhinitis most often does not require hospitalization and, with timely diagnosis, does not lead to serious consequences. It is known that children who are prone to allergies suffer from acute respiratory viral infections more often and more severely than their peers. An integrated approach to the diagnosis and treatment of such children with the participation of an allergist, an otorhinolaryngologist, under the constant supervision of a district pediatrician, the rational use of drug therapy can reduce the duration of the disease, improve the quality of life of the patient.

The article presents generalized principles of management of patients with allergic rhinitis from the point of view of domestic and international recommendations, describes in detail the rules of life for children with allergic rhinitis, emphasizes the role of the district pediatrician in teaching parents to ensure a hypoallergenic environment of the child. The authors present a clinical example of the effective use of a combined decognensant and an antihistamine for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections in a child with allergic rhinitis.

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