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Pathophysiology of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Allergic Rhinitis

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Allergic rhinitis is defined as an inflammatory condition of the nasal mucosa primarily triggered by IgE to aeroallergens in the environment (Adkinson et al., eds. Middleton’s allergy principles and practice. Mosby Elsevier, 2009). Both indoor and outdoor allergens such as pet dander, dust mites, molds, and pollens can cause allergic rhinitis. Symptoms consist of nasal congestion, sneezing, nasal drainage, and nasal pruritus. Symptoms may occur seasonally or perennially depending on the trigger. It is not uncommon to have multiple allergen triggers. There are other non-allergic causes of rhinitis such as irritant, drug induced, hormonal, and infectious, but I will focus solely on allergic rhinitis in this chapter.

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Khan, F.S. (2019). Pathophysiology of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Allergic Rhinitis. In: Fishbein, A., Sheldon, S. (eds) Allergy and Sleep. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14738-9_17

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