”Hay Fever” Kids More Prone to Headaches, Facial Pain, Ear Aches

A new study has found that children who suffer from bouts of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) are at an increased risk of suffering from headaches, facial pain, and ear aches.

Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) puts children at higher risk of suffering from headaches, facial pain, and ear aches, says a new study.

Allergic rhinitis is a collection of symptoms predominantly in the nose and eyes, caused by airborne particles of dust, dander, or plant pollens. Patients usually suffer from congestion, runny noses, itchy eyes, and cough.

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Researchers used the Pediatric Allergies in America study, a national survey of parents of 500 children with current symptoms of nasal allergies and 504 children without nasal allergies, to further determine if children suffered additional problematic side effects of allergic rhinitis.

Parents of kids with allergic rhinitis reported to researchers that their children had an increased occurrence of headaches, facial pain/pressure, and ear pain/pressure compared with parents’ reports of children without hay fever.

Also, researchers found that headache, facial pain/pressure, and ear pain/pressure were rated moderately or extremely bothersome by more than half of parents and older children who reported the symptoms.

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The results of the study suggest that facial symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis may be under-appreciated sources of discomfort for many children, and that failure to recognize these additional symptoms may reduce diagnoses and effective treatment of nasal allergies in children.

The study has been presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL.

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