Assessment of Allergic Rhinitis among Children after Low-Level Laser Therapy.

Autor:	Moustafa Y; Department of Medical Applications of Laser, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences (NILES), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., El Nady HG; Child Health Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Saber MM; Complementary Medicine Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Dabbous OA; Department of Medical Applications of Laser, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences (NILES), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Kamel TB; Pediatric Hospitals, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Abel-Wahhab KG; Physiology Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Sallam SF; Child Health Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt., Zaki DA; Child Health Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences [Open Access Maced J Med Sci] 2019 Jun 30; Vol. 7 (12), pp. 1968-1973. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jun 30 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI:	10.3889/oamjms.2019.477
Abstrakt:	Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) represents one of the most common global health problems with seriously increasing incidence over the last decades. The goal of the treatment of rhinitis is to prevent or reduce the symptoms caused by the inflammation of affected tissues. Intranasal steroids and oral antihistamines are recommended as first lines of treatment. Acupuncture had reported a significant improvement in daily symptoms and an increase of symptom-free days in many studies enrolling adults' patients. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the laser acupuncture effect on the treatment of children AR in comparison to the effect of the medication and to assess the anti-inflammatory effect of laser acupuncture through measurement of serum inflammatory marker (hs-CRP). Methods: Sixty patients with allergic rhinitis their age group ranged from 4 to 18 years were divided randomly into two groups. Group 1 enrolled 30 patient that received AR in the form of intranasal steroids, antihistaminic, leukotriene antagonists while group2 thirty patients received 12 laser acupuncture sessions (2 sessions a \ week) on specific traditional Chinese acupuncture points. Results: There was a significant improvement in the severity score symptoms in both groups through and by the end of the study. High Significant improvement in the levels of the inflammatory marker in both groups, especially in the group which receive laser acupuncture sessions. Conclusion: Laser acupuncture is a reliable, painless and non-invasive successful technique, which may be used as a complementary treatment for pediatric allergic rhinitis.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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