Bohorquez MRI, Romero RLA, Aboultaif SNH, Aparicio CDJ, Carmona MJK

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of intranasal phototherapy in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.
Materials and Methods: Explanatory, prospective, experimental, field and transversal study was done with patients with allergic rhinitis from 18 to 65 years. They were divided into 2 groups of 15 patients, Group A received intranasal phototherapy and Group B received topical corticosteroids and antihistamines. The Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire was applied, and a nasal mucus cytology sample was taken.
Results: There were included 30 patients. According to the ARIA classification, moderate-severe persistent allergic rhinitis affected to 10, allergic rhinitis to 9, moderate severe intermittent allergic rhinitis to 6 and mild intermittent allergic rhinitis to 5. In the evaluation of the quality of life of these patients, considerable clinical improvement was obtained in 23 items in patients of group A vs 19 items of patients of group B, considering the effect of intranasal phototherapy statistically significant (p ‹ 0.001). Before intranasal phototherapy there was mild eosinophilia in 8 patients, moderate eosinophilia in 2 and 5 patients had not eosinophilia; after phototherapy all patients (n = 15) had not eosinophilia.
Conclusions: Phototherapy considerably improves the quality of life of patients with allergic rhinitis, as much as or equal to conventional medical treatment. It represents a novel and alternative treatment before the population that refuses to the permanent use of medical treatment.

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