changes in peak flow value during immunotherapy administration免疫疗法执政期间最大流量值的变化.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2012, Article ID 212867, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2012/212867 Clinical Study Changes in Peak Flow Value during Immunotherapy Administration Diego Saporta Associates in ENT Allergy, PA 470 North Aveue, Elizabeth, NJ 07208, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Diego Saporta, saporta.allergy@ Received 14 June 2011; Revised 13 September 2011; Accepted 20 October 2011 Academic Editor: Janette Hope Copyright © 2012 Diego Saporta. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Nasal allergies are prevalent affecting a large percentage of the population. Not only the upper respiratory tract but the whole body is involved. Allergies produce morbidity (and even occasional mortality) as they can lead to asthma development, and increased number of accidents. Immunotherapy results can be evaluated by following symptom scores, medication use, and objective measurements. Using a Peak Flow Meter (PFM) to evaluate immunotherapy results, it became evident that patients with and without asthma exhibited an improvement in the Peak Flow (PF) value, suggesting that lower airway involvement in allergic patients could be more prevalent than assumed. A consecutive chart review was performed including patients of any age with nasal allergies (with or without asthma) treated with immunotherapy for at least 6 months that had at least 2 complete evaluations. When immunotherapy was successful, most patients exhibited an increase in the PF value regardless of asthma status. A very significant finding was that most allergy sufferers may hav