Krzych-Fałta E, Wojas O. Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology. 2023;10(4):310-314. doi:10.5114/pja.2023.133064.
APA
Krzych-Fałta, E., & Wojas, O. (2023). Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology, 10(4), 310-314. https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2023.133064
Chicago
Krzych-Fałta, Edyta, and Oksana Wojas. 2023. "Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?". Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology 10 (4): 310-314. doi:10.5114/pja.2023.133064.
Harvard
Krzych-Fałta, E., and Wojas, O. (2023). Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology, 10(4), pp.310-314. https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2023.133064
MLA
Krzych-Fałta, Edyta et al. "Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?." Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology, vol. 10, no. 4, 2023, pp. 310-314. doi:10.5114/pja.2023.133064.
Vancouver
Krzych-Fałta E, Wojas O. Local allergic rhinitis or local allergic conjunctivitis?. Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology. 2023;10(4):310-314. doi:10.5114/pja.2023.133064.
Differential diagnosis of the local allergic reaction is mainly based on conjunctival, nasal and bronchial provocation tests, which, in theory, may lead to further treatment. The most common local response can be observed in the nasal mucosa. In the long run, it may manifest itself by coexisting local reactions in other areas such as the eye and/or bronchial tree. In a 45-year-old patient who has been experiencing health problems typical for grass/grain allergy for nearly 10 years, two challenges were carried out, i.e. nasal and conjunctival provocation tests, and the latter elicited a highly positive response to the applied allergen compared to the intranasal route. When there are clinical discrepancies in the local allergic reaction, allergen provocation tests should be considered in the differential diagnosis and, when the results are negative, conjunctival challenge should be considered as well.
Keywords
allergy, conjunctival allergen challenge, local allergic conjunctivitis, local allergic rhinitis, nasal allergen challenge, differential diagnosis