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Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis

Duration: 68 minutes

Program ID: 703 | Purchase Price: $105.00 (DVD)

There is a clear interrelationship between asthma and allergic rhinitis. Approximately 10% of all Australians have asthma, and allergic rhinitis occurs in an estimated 75–80% of these asthma patients.

Conversely, 20–30% of patients with known allergic rhinitis also have asthma. Diagnosis of allergic rhinitis may be confusing and symptoms can easily be mistaken for asthma. The impact of allergic rhinitis can significantly affect a person’s daily quality of life and when it occurs in conjunction with asthma, can complicate airway symptoms.

Patients with allergic rhinitis severe enough to impair activities or worsen asthma control may need pre-emptive treatment as part of their management plan. Effective management of asthma and allergic rhinitis requires a combined approach. This program discusses the evidence for the clinical interrelationship and investigation and appropriate treatment of allergic rhinitis in asthma patients.

Program Presenters

  • Chair: Dr Norman Swan - Presenter of the Health Report on ABC Radio National
  • Professor Ian Charlton - General Practitioner, Kincumber NSW.
  • Mr Peter Holder - Community Pharmacist, ACT
  • Dr Connie Katelaris - Senior Consultant, Allergy and Immunology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
  • Professor Frank Thien - Adult Respiratory and Allergy Physician, Alfred Hospital, Victoria.
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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the interrelationship between allergic rhinitis and asthma.
  • Recognise the symptoms and identify the appropriate allergy tests in order to make the correct diagnosis.
  • Identify the role of pharmacological treatments and specific allergen immunotherapy in the long term treatment plan
  • Develop allergy and asthma prevention strategies and appropriate written action plans.

Broadcast Dates

This program was first broadcast on the Foundation's satellite network on Tuesday 20 March 2007.

Funding Bodies

Accreditation

This program is accredited for CPD/CPE by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the Royal College of Nursing Australia and the Australian Physiotherapy Association.