作者
Homa Borhani, Reza Farid-Hosseini, Farahzad Jabbari Azad, Mohammad Reza Abdolvahedi, Maryam Khoshkhui, Rana Tafrishi, Mohammad-Hadi Sadeghian
发表日期
2024/1/1
期刊
Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
卷号
12
期号
1
页码范围
11-17
出版商
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
简介
Introduction
Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis are chronic upper airway inflammatory diseases. Iota carrageenan is an herbal extract of red algae used as a prophylactic treatment for rhinitis in the common cold and other viral infections. This study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Iota carrageenan in the treatment of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis.
Materials and Methods
60 patients with allergic and non-allergic rhinitis clinical symptoms were randomly divided into carrageenan and placebo (control) groups. The Standard Sino-Nasal Outcome Questionnaire 22 (SNOT-22) and Rhino Juniper Mini Conjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (Mini-RQLQ) were completed for each patient before and after receiving the drug. Smear of nasal secretions and rhinomanometry were also performed for all studied participants.
Results
The mean score of SNOT-22 in the study group was 43.3 and 23.7 in the first and …
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