Evaluation of Therapeutic Efficacy of Nigella sativa (Black Seed) for Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis."

Allergic rhinitis, while troublesome for a patient, may be also a challenge for the physician. That is why physicians must still learn more on the pathophysiology, clinical spectrum and novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the disease. The chapters of this volume address a variety of important topics related to allergic rhinitis. They begin with a description of innovative translational approaches allowing for unification of animal and human models. Contributing authors provide up-to-date reviews of clinical aspects of allergic rhinitis in children, its association with bronchial asthma and other co-morbid conditions. They also discuss the impact of allergic rhinitis on sleep and sports. Together with articles on diagnostic approaches as well as novel treatments, the book offers a comprehensive and stimulating review of the topic. May this book find a wide readership among allergists and other physicians interested in allergic disease, and also among pediatricians, general practitioners and other specialists who increasingly have to deal with this seemingly benign, but sometimes extremely troublesome, disease. Preface Allergic Rhinitis 1 Chapter 1 From Mouse to Man: Translational Value of Animal Models of Allergic Rhinitis 13 Chapter 2 Clinical Implications and Facts About Allergic Rhinitis (AR) in Children 29 Chapter 3 The Impact of Allergic Rhinitis on Asthma: Current View 45 Chapter 4 Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Bronchial Asthma 59 Chapter 5 Clinical Variants of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Phenotypes in Patients With or Without a Smoking History 73 Chapter 6 Cough in Allergic Rhinitis 93 Chapter 7 Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Sleep 119 Chapter 8 Allergic Rhinitis and Sports 131 Chapter 9 Occupational Allergic Rhinitis in the Czech Republic - Situation in South Moravia Region 149 Chapter 10 Nasal Provocation Test in the Diagnosis of Allergic Rhinitis 165 Chapter 11 Phototherapy for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis 195 Chapter 12 Evaluation of Therapeutic Efficacy of Nigella sativa (Black Seed) for Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis 209