Allergic Rhinitis
Conditions
Brief summary
Allergic rhinitis (AR) represents one of the most common global health problems with seriously increasing incidence over the last decades.The goal of the treatment of rhinitis is to prevent or reduce the symptoms through reduction of the inflammation of affected tissues. Acupuncture and pranayama yoga exercises had reported a significant improvement in daily symptoms and an increase of symptom-free days in many studies enrolling geriatric patients.
Detailed description
Sixty Egyptian geriatrics with allergic rhinitis, after randomization, will be divided to 2 groups; the first 30-geriatric group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for 8 weeks to some selected acupoints and daily pranyama exercises (nearly every session will be one hour, for 8 weeks), the second group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for eight weeks to some bilateral selected acupoints. the stimulated points will be (LI 19, LI 20, ST2, and ST4. ST6, ST7, ST17, ST36, SI18, BL2, GB14, GV24 and EXHN5). Every acupoint will be stimulated with laser power of 100 mw that will be used on a spot area of 1 cm2 for 1 minute.
Interventions
This group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation (for eight weeks) to some selected acupoints and daily pranyama exercises (nearly every session will be one hour), the stimulated bilateral acupoints will be (LI 19, LI 20, ST2, and ST4. ST6, ST7, ST17, ST36, SI18, BL2, GB14, GV24 and EXHN5). Every acupoint will be stimulated with laser power of 100 mw that will be used on a spot area of 1 cm2 for 1 minute. this group will receive also pranayama session (applied daily, one hour approximately, for eight weeks) composed from (alternate nostril pranayama, diaphragmatic pranayama, rapid abdominal pranayama, Bhramari pranayama )
This group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation (for eight weeks) to some selected acupoints, the stimulated bilateral acupoints will be (LI 19, LI 20, ST2, and ST4. ST6, ST7, ST17, ST36, SI18, BL2, GB14, GV24 and EXHN5). Every acupoint will be stimulated with laser power of 100 mw that will be used on a spot area of 1 cm2 for 1 minute.
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* geriatrics with allergic rhinitis
Exclusion criteria
* chest disease or heart disease or local congenital nose deformities participants received within-previous-eight-months self-prescribed or by-therapist prescribed complementary therapies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| erothrocyte sidemention rate | It will be measured after 8 weeks | it is a inflammatory marker in serum |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Immunoglobulin E | It will be measured after 8 weeks | it is an antibody in the serum |
| interleukin 1-beta | It will be measured after 8 weeks | it is a inflammatory marker in serum |
| C-reactive protein | It will be measured after 8 weeks | it is a inflammatory marker in serum |
| total eosinophil count | It will be measured after 8 weeks | it is a inflammatory marker in serum |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAli MA Ismail, lecturer
Backup Contactheba mousa, lecturer
Outcome results
None listed