Efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in children with perennial allergic rhinitis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the efficacy of the sublingual immunotherapy in children with perennial allergic rhinitis caused by mites .Methods A total of 61 pediatric patients with perennial allergic rhinitis caused by mite in otorhinolaryngology clinic were collected .The children were randomized into two groups27 cases were divided into sublingual dust mite drops group(group A) , and 34 cases were divided into conventional treatment group (group B) .The symptom scores and sign scores of allergic rhinitis were observed after 6 months ,1 year and 2 years of treatment .Both the efficacy at the end of treatment and the rate of recurrence following 2 years were compared between the two groups .Results After six month of treatment ,the symptom scores in group A was reduced to (3 .70 ± 1 .54)scores ,higher than group B(2 .82 ± 1 .40)scores ,while sign scores in group A was reduced to (1 .19 ± 0 .68)scores ,having no statistically significance compared with group B ,Both symptom scores and sign scores were not changed sig-nificantly after 1 and 2 years of treatment .The efficacy evaluation was 74 .07% in group A ,and 82 .35% in group B .The difference had no statistical difference .The recurrence rate in group A was 29 .63% following 2 years after terminal treatment ,and was superi-or to those in group B (94 .12% ) ,with significant difference(P<0 .01) .Conclusion Dust mite drops sublingual immunotherapy is effective measures for the treatment of children with allergic rhinitis caused by mites .