Allergy Quiz
- Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:08
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- Andrew:
- Dr. Lieberman, is there sort of a quiz someone could [take] to get a handle on [whether or not, for example], the person who gets [exposed to] ragweed in the air has seasonal allergies or [if] they could have this non-allergic rhinitis that you’re talking about? Is there a toolkit you could give them?
- Dr. Lieberman:
- Well, there are, Andrew, some simple questions that you can ask yourself to help decide whether or not you have allergic rhinitis or non-allergic rhinitis – or more importantly, a mixture of the two. At least a third of the patients that we see have both non-allergic and allergic disease.
The questions take about three to five minutes to [complete] and the conclusions, although not 100 percent accurate, are reasonably accurate and certainly will give you a guideline.
They’re things like whether or not your symptoms are worsened by exposure to animals such as cats, whether or not they’re [affected] by weather changes or made worse by cigarettes and paint fumes or fresh-cut grass, for example.
And the questions are designed to tell [you] whether or not you have allergic rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis, or a combination of both..
- Andrew:
- And could you take the results of your quiz and then share that with your own doctor?
- Dr. Lieberman:
- You could certainly take these results to your physician and get [an] opinion as to whether or not you have allergic or non-allergic [rhinitis] or mixed conditions. Now that we have a treatment for non-allergic rhinitis, you can ask for that treatment specifically.
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