Patient: Description of condition (onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): 3 years, been spraying hormonal sprays, smell insensitive. How long will it take to have effect if I take medicine, and how long do I have to take the medicine because I am in school and I am afraid I won’t have time for follow-up or something.
Zhang Hanzhong, Department of Otolaryngology, Wuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
According to the results of a large number of international authoritative medical literature, patients with allergic rhinitis can generally achieve remission or complete removal of allergic rhinitis symptoms and improve patients’ quality of life after one to three years of standardized allergen desensitization therapy. In 2000, under the leadership of academician Zhong Nanshan, experts from Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region and Suzhou Children’s Hospital conducted a national clinical trial for more than three years, and the results showed that standardized treatment for one year could reduce the number and severity of asthma attacks by nearly 50%. The results showed that after 1 year of standardized treatment, patients could reduce the dosage of medication by nearly 50% and the severity of clinical symptoms by 46%, with a high safety level. Desensitization therapy is not only suitable for the treatment of patients with allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis, but also for the prevention of allergy to new substances or the development of new allergic diseases.
Zhang Hanzhong, Department of Otolaryngology, Wuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
However, it must be noted that desensitization must not be done in a hurry, and the treatment must be carried out in a professional medical institution, the doctors who perform desensitization must have the appropriate training and treatment experience, and the recommended desensitization vaccine must meet international standards.