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Rev. méd. Minas Gerais ; 19(4,supl.5): S19-S24, out.- dez. 2009.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-868471

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Objetivo: revisar a literatura sobre as inter-relações entre as vias aéreas superiores e inferiores, com enfoque na asma e na rinite alérgica. Métodos: pesquisa não sistemática realizada nas bases Medline e LILACS nos últimos 20 anos, usando os descritores "asthma" "allergic rhinitis" "interaction" "united airways". Resultados: vários estudos clínicos, epidemiológicos, experimentais sugerem a hipótese de que asma e rinite alérgica são a expressão de uma única doença que acomete as vias aéreas. Pacientes com asma frequentemente apresentam rinite alérgica e a rinite alérgica não tratada dificulta o controle da asma. Do ponto de vista histológico, as mucosas nasais e brônquicas compartilham várias semelhanças. Alterações da mucosa nasal causam alterações mediadas por respostas fisiológicas na mucosa brônquica, e vice-versa. Esse corpo de evidências culminou com a iniciativa ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma), que enfatiza a necessidade de tratar a rinite alérgica no paciente com asma. Conclusões: a hipótese de que asma e rinite alérgica são a expressão de uma única doença que acomete o trato respiratório tem se consolidado e reforça a importância da busca por tratamentos que contemplem de forma integrada a comorbidade. (AU)


Objective: To review the literature about interactions between upper and lower airways with emphasis in asthma and allergic rhinitis. Methods: A non systematic review was conducted using Medline and LILACS in the last twenty years, using "asthma" "allergic rhinitis" "interaction" "united airways" as descriptors. Results: Several clinical, epidemiological, experimental studies suggest the hypothesis that asthma and allergic rhinitis are the expression of a single disease that affects the airways. Patients with Asthma often have allergic rhinitis, and untreated allergic rhinitis make asthma control difficult. From the histological point of view, the nasal and bronchial mucosa share many similarities. Changes in the nasal mucosa cause changes in bronchial mucosa, mediated by physiological responses and vice-versa. These findings led to the initiative (ARIA) Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma, that emphasizes the need to treat allergic rhinitis in patients with asthma. Conclusions: The hypothesis that allergic rhinitis and asthma are the expression of a single disease that affects the respiratory tract has been strengthened and reinforced the importance of searching for integrated treatments that aim the seamless comorbidity (AU)


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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Asthma/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology , Rhinitis, Allergic/epidemiology , Asthma/physiopathology , Comorbidity , Respiratory Tract Infections/physiopathology , Rhinitis, Allergic/physiopathology
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