How to treat allergic rhinitis: a “headache” for patients and doctors alike The most common disease in the outpatient clinic of the Department of Otolaryngology of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, besides pharyngitis, is allergic rhinitis, a common and highly prevalent rhinological disease in modern civilization, which is a product of industrial civilization. Air pollution, exhaust emissions, home decoration materials, flowers and seedlings, air conditioners and refrigerators, bedding and bed covers, closets and closets can all cause allergic rhinitis, nasal itching, sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion in severe cases, open mouth breathing, sleep disorders, affecting life and work. So how to cure allergic rhinitis, how effective, can be cured? The common two types: 1, seasonal, commonly known as “hay fever”, usually occurs in the spring, summer and autumn of each year, the morning is more, in the presence of pollen, cold air and other triggers, generally lasting from 30 minutes to a few hours, the treatment, the onset of the season, can be given anti-allergy drugs, or nasal hormones, etc., but also feasible Chinese medicine to regulate. Avoid contact with allergy-prone substances, avoid using allergy-prone items, replace them with non-allergy-prone items, and remove allergy-prone items, which is the “BJTY” treatment plan; 2. In the acute stage, nasal hormones can be used to treat the disease, and then the dosage can be gradually reduced. If there are obvious nasal congestion and watery discharge, minimally invasive minor surgery such as nasal endoscopic nasal mound plasma microwave ablation and scratching is feasible, which has the advantages of symptom relief, small trauma, fast recovery, repeatability, low cost and avoiding the adverse effects of long-term drug use. Then why are there so many treatment methods, the effect is still not ideal? Reasons: 1, the cause of the disease is complex, their own constitution, the external environment, etc. are sometimes uncontrollable; 2, recurrent episodes, resulting in poor patient compliance and a low rate of follow-up; 3, medication, worried about side effects; 4, the effect of surgery is uncertain; 5, the market treatment of drugs and methods of various shapes and sizes, the effect varies, leading to confusion in the choice; 6, the choice of patients and doctor’s preference is also an important issue. Finally, can allergic rhinitis be cured? Can it be cured? According to the current situation, the scientific judgment: allergic rhinitis can be cured and controlled; it cannot be cured at present (cured means that it will not recur later)!