What to do about allergic rhinitis in a 12 year old

Allergic rhinitis in a 12-year-old child, treatment methods include general treatment, drug treatment and specific immunotherapy, surgical treatment and so on.
1. General treatment: avoid contact with allergens, such as hay fever patients in the pollen dispersal season should reduce the outing, reduce nasal inhalation or conjunctival contact with allergenic pollen. Nasal rinsing with saline can be used.
2. Drug treatment: commonly used antihistamines such as loratadine; glucocorticosteroids such as budesonide; leukotriene receptor antagonists such as montelukast. If the attack time of pollen allergy is clearer, the use of intranasal glucocorticosteroids can be started two weeks before the onset of the disease each year, and antihistamines can be added to the onset of the disease, which can generally lead to a significant reduction in symptoms.
3. Specific immunotherapy: by letting the patient repeatedly exposed to allergen extracts, and gradually increase the dose, improve the patient’s tolerance to allergens, so as to reduce the symptoms of allergy. However, the treatment period is longer, and it is easy to induce systemic hypersensitivity.
4. Surgical treatment: For those with severe conditions and no effect after conservative treatment, surgical treatment such as pre-screening nerve amputation and post-nasal nerve amputation can be considered.
Children with allergic rhinitis symptoms (such as paroxysmal sneezing, watery nasal discharge, etc.) continue to be unable to relieve or medication does not alleviate the problem should be timely medical treatment by a doctor according to the specific condition of the individual standardized treatment. The above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, and avoid purchasing medications on your own.