Budesonide Nasal Irrigation Versus Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray in Treating Allergic Rhinitis Patients

The current study aims to compare between results of budesonid nasal irrigation and fluticasone nasal spray in the treatment of adult patients with Allergic Rhinitis.

Inclusion criteria

• Adult age between 18 and 60 years old.
• Patients with allergic rhinitis evidence by past skin prick testing. Patients were given a skin prick test with a panel of dog, cat, Dermatophagoides farinae, D pteronyssinus, Alternaria, Penicillium, Hormodendron, Aspergillus, grass pollen mix, tree pollen mix, and ragweed allergen extracts (100,000 Allergen Unit/mL). Histamine, 10 mg/mL, was used as a positive control, and the diluent was used as the negative control. A positive reaction was defined as a wheal diameter at least 3 mm greater than the diluent control and/or at least a 50-mm flare (ie, erythema measured as the sum of the greatest diameter and the perpendicular diameter through the midpoint of the greatest diameter)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had autoimmune diseases or any immune compromised diseases including diabetes, chemotherapy.
• Patients with a history of nasal surgery.
• Patients who received systemic or topical corticosteroids, herbal drugs, beta blocking agent within the previous month of enrolment.
• Patients with asthma and COPD, nasal bleeding, obstructing nasal polyps, paranasal sinus.