Fluctuation of symptomatic VAS score during immunotherapy on allergic rhinitis / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To understand the fluctuation of symptomatic visual analogue scale(VAS)score and its reasons during the allergic rhinitis patients treated with single-mite antigen immunotherapy.@*METHOD@#Three hundred and seventy six patients with allergic rhinitis were treated with single-mite antigen immunotherapy and their symptoms were evaluated by VAS score and chart, the relative factors which could affect the symptom were followed up.@*RESULT@#During the allergic rhinitis patients treated with single-mite antigen immunotherapy, the symptomatic VAS score appeared fluctuation from the 8th to 34th time of therapy. The VAS score increased at the 8 th, 18 th, 22 th, 25 th, 29 th, and 34 th time. Afterwards, it generally decreased to a lowest level of the whole treatment process in the last. The comprehensive analysis implied that the factors resulting in VAS score fluctuation were patients expectation, emotion, socio-economic conditions, living environment, re-contact of allergen and children's unclear complain.@*CONCLUSION@#Patients' expectation, emotion, socio-economic conditions, living environment, re-contact of allergen and children's unclear complain can result in symptomatic VAS score fluctuation. It prompts that health education be necessary before the treatment of allergic rhinitis with single-mite antigen immunotherapy.