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TOPICS
Overview
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergilllosis (ABPA)
Anaphylaxis - Updated
Asthma
Asthma Diagnosis
Environmental diagnosis
and management
Asthma Treatment:
Immunotherapy
Asthma Treatment:
Preventing Morbidity
- Updated
Asthma Treatment:
Preventing Mortality

- Updated
Asthma Treatment:
Adherence
Occupational Asthma
Conjunctivitis
Cough
Dermatitis
Atopic - Updated
Contact
Drug Allergy - Updated
Food Allergy - Updated
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Insect Hypersensitivity
Occupational Diseases
Primary Immune Deficiency - Updated
Rhinitis/Rhinosinusitis
Rhinitis - Updated
Sinusitis
Urticaria/Angioedema - Updated
How the Allergist/Immunologist Can Help:
Consultation and Referral Guidelines Citing the Evidence

Disease Group: Conjunctivitis
  1. Patients with prolonged manifestations of allergic conjunctivitis.

    Patients with co-morbid conditions e.g. asthma, recurrent sinusitis.

    Patients with symptoms interfering with quality of life and/or ability to function.

    Patients who have found medications to be ineffective or have had adverse reactions to previously prescribed medications.
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Allergy cannot be diagnosed on the basis of history alone1. Diagnosis is derived from a correlation of clinical history and diagnostic tests, with which allergist/immunologists are experienced. 2

A thorough allergy evaluation will complement the patient history and aid in the development of specific treatment plans, including immunotherapy and environmental controls. These treatments may benefit allergic conjunctivitis patients in terms of reduced symptoms, medication use and cost. Allergen immunotherapy may be highly effective in controlling the symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis.3, 4 Efficacy parameters include symptom and medication scores, conjunctival challenge and immunological cell markers and cytokine profiles. Allergen immunotherapy may provide lasting benefits after immunotherapy is discontinued.5, 6
Diagnostic
Indirect Outcome
(avoidance)
Indirect outcome
(immunotherapy)