Allergy Treatment: Environmental Control Strategies

作者：Reisacher William R^*

来源：Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2011, 44(3): 711-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.otc.2011.03.019

• Allergy treatment
• Allergy and environment
• Allergy triggers
• Allergen avoidance
• Allergic asthma
• Allergic rhinitis
• Inflammatory load
• Dust mites
• Dander

This article aims to help physicians and allergy care providers understand: the role of environmental control in the treatment of allergic disease; the concept of "the inflammatory load"; current published studies on environmental control; factors that influence levels of indoor and outdoor allergens; different methods to decrease patients' exposure to indoor and outdoor allergens; problems related to nonallergic symptom triggers; special considerations for school and workplace avoidance; role of environmental control in the prevention of allergic disease; various products available on the market to assist in avoidance; and how to plan with the patient to implement environmental control strategies.

• 出版日期2011-6