Allergic Rhinitis Treatments
North Brisbane Allergic Rhinitis Treatments
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
ALLERGIC RHINITIS OR HAYFEVER IS A RESULT OF THE NOSE AND OR EYES COMING IN CONTACT WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLERGENS, POLLENS, DUST MITES, MOULDS, ANIMAL HAIR, COLD AIR, SMOKE, AND PERFUMES. IT MAY PRESENT SEASONALLY. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED ARE
- RUNNY NOSE
- ITCHY NOSE
- RUBBING OF THE NOSE
- SNEEZING
- ITCHY, WATERY EYES
- CONGESTED NOSE
- SNOORING
- SEASONAL OR PERSISTENT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- SLEEP DISTURBANCES
- DAYTIME TIREDNESS
- HEADACHES
- POOR CONCENTRATION
- EAR INFECTIONS
- SINUS INFECTIONS
- DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
ALLERGIS RHINITIS IS AN IgE-MEDIATED INFLAMMATION OF THE NASAL MUCOSA AFFECTING THE SUFFERS QUALITY OF LIFE.CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS SUGGEST ACUPUNCTURE IS EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF HAYFEVER AND IS USED EXTENSIVELY IN CHINA.
IgE MEDIATED INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE INVOLVES INTERACTION BETWEEN INFLAMATORY CELLS EOSINOPHILS AND MAST CELLS, PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND NEUROPEPTIDES THAT INDUCES HISTAMINE RELEASE, VASODILATION AND PLASMA EXTRAVASATION .
THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS OF ACUPUNCTURE ARE MEDIATED VIA THE HYPOTHALAMUS-PITUITARYADRENAL AXIS (HPA AXIS) THE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPTHETIC (CHOLINERGIC) PATHWAYS, INCLUDING ACTIONS ON HISTAMINE, CYTOKINES AND NEUROPEPTIDES RELEASE.
ACUPUNCTURE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE) AND CORTISONE LEVELS IN ANIMAL STUDIES. THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDUCTION OF NASAL CONGESTION BY INHIBITING MUCOSAL EDEMA. THE CHOLINERGIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PATHWAY VIA ACTIVATING THE VAGUS NERVE CAN BE ACTIVATED BY ACUPUNCTURE.
ACUPUNCTURE MAY INHIBIT HISTAMINE INDUCED SYMPTOMS OF HAYFEVER BY DOWN REGULATING MAST CELLS AND THEREFORE HISTAMINE RELEASE.
IgE BLOOD CONCENTRATION MAY BE REDUCED AFTER AN ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT BY REGULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF B CELLS TO PLASMA CELLS AND IMMUNOGLOBULIN E (IgE) PRODUCTION. ACUPUNCTURE MAY DOWN REGULATE PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND UP REGULATING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES
ACUPUNCTURE DOES SHOW CLINICAL EFFICACY AND TO BE A SAFE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS (HAYFEVER).
PROINFLAMMATORY NEUROPEPTIDES – ACUPUNCTURE MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE SUBSTANCE P AND VIP LEVELS (THESE ARE PROINFLAMMATORY PEPTIDES). ACUPUNCTURE DOWN REGULATES NEUROTROPHINS (NERVE GROWTH FACTOR- NGF, AND BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR- BDNF) WHICH ARE KEY FACTORS IN THE INFLAMMATORY CASCADE RESULTING IN ALLERGIC RHINITIS.
SPEAK WITH YOUR QUALIFIED ACUPUNCTURIST TODAY.
HEALTH IS WEALTH.
