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Grass Pollen Vaccine Eases Symptoms For Seasonal Sufferers.(Brief Article)
2001 MAR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer -- Vaccination with grass pollen can relieve bronchial symptoms and improve quality of life for people with seasonal asthma and rhinitis.
Doctors have inoculated hay fever patients with grass pollen to make them more comfortable and lessen their need for medication throughout hay fever season. The effect of grass pollen vaccine in asthmatic patients, however, has not been as thoroughly studied.
"The goal of this study was to assess the effects of grass pollen immunotherapy on symptoms, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and quality of life in seasonal rhinitis and asthma," wrote S.M. Walker and colleagues in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
The research team monitored 44 patients with severe summer hay fever, many of whom reported seasonal chest symptoms (36) or bronchial hyperresponsiveness (28). Symptoms were recorded for one summer, and the next summer, subjects were given injections of grass pollen vaccine or placebo.
Patients were given increasing doses of vaccine for four weeks, then monthly injections for two years ("Grass pollen immunotherapy for seasonal rhinitis and asthma: A randomized, controlled trial," J Allergy Clin Immunology, ...
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