Informed letter for sublingual desensitization for dust mite allergy

  Sublingual drops for dust mites
  Depending on your condition, you will need to undergo the above mentioned therapeutic means. This treatment is an effective treatment that is generally safe and has been used worldwide for 30 years without serious side effects, maximizing the long-term safety of desensitization therapy. However, due to individual differences and certain unpredictable factors, the treatment is still risky and therefore the physician cannot guarantee you the final outcome of the treatment. We would like to inform you of the following possible adverse reactions, including but not limited to
  1. Itching of the mouth and tongue, numbness;
  2. Gastrointestinal discomfort, mild diarrhea;
  3.Headache, fatigue;
  4, a small number of patients may experience an increase in allergic symptoms, such as the appearance of rash, urticaria, individual patients may stimulate mild asthma, rare anaphylaxis;
  5, the occurrence of other unpredictable, life-threatening or disabling accidents;
  6.Other
  Contraindication: Before performing sublingual desensitization treatment, please ask your physician to help you confirm that there are no conditions such as
  Respiratory febrile infections; asthma attacks; multiple sclerosis; active tuberculosis; severe psychiatric disorders; use of beta-blockers (such as treatment of hypertension, glaucoma drugs) or ACE inhibitors (also known as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors); acute and chronic heart failure; severely depressed renal function, etc.
  Desensitization therapy precautions
  1. The duration of treatment is long. Sublingual desensitization therapy generally takes more than two years, and stopping in the middle of the process can lead to the abandonment of previous work or require more time to treat allergic rhinitis.
  2. Intolerance to drug concentration. Sublingual desensitization is a daily medication and intolerance is relatively mild. If the patient develops drug intolerance, he or she can return to the last dose that was well tolerated and take it again for a week, then gradually increase.
  3, allergy individual differences are relatively large, clinical efficiency in 80%. Desensitization therapy is not a 100% cure for allergic rhinitis, but it is currently the only one that cures the root cause.
  4. During desensitization therapy, if you have allergy symptoms, you need to cooperate with symptom control medication in time. If the situation of desensitization therapy is stable, you only need to continue the treatment, if the weather suddenly changes or cold, then add medication and local treatment.
  5. The effect is slow. Since desensitization therapy needs to be adhered to for at least two years, the general onset of effect is 3-9 months.
  Informed Patient Choice
  My doctor has informed me of the treatment I am going to have, the possible complications and risks associated with this treatment and the treatment, other treatments that may be available, and has answered my questions about this treatment.
  I have read the above in detail, I fully understand what my doctor and nurse have told me, and after careful consideration, I have decided to undergo this treatment.
  I understand that this treatment may require additional treatment or changes in protocol in unforeseen circumstances, and I authorize the physician to administer the necessary life-saving measures to protect my life in the event of an emergency, and I promise to pay all necessary costs.
  I understand that I may cancel the decision to give informed consent for this treatment at any time prior to the start of treatment by signing the Refusal of Medical Consent Form.