Abstract

Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate outpatients of hypersensitive rhinitis including allergic rhinitis who had visited to Hospital of Oriental Medicine. Method : We analyzed statistics study in 580 patients, who had visited to the Dept. of dermatology, ophthalmology & otorhinolayngology Hospital of Oriental Medicine Dongeui University from March, 1998 to December, 2006. Results : The results were as follows. 1. There is more male(53.28%) than femal(46.72%). The age distributions of patients showed highest in 20-29 years, followed by 10-19 years, 30-39 years in order. 2. The yearly distributions of patients showed highest in 2004, followed by 2001, 2005 in order. The seasonal distributions of patients showed highest in fall, followed by winter, summer, spring in order. The monthly distributions of patients showed highest in September, followed by August, October in order. 3. The distributions of number of times in treatment showed highest in 1-5 times. The distributions of duration of treatment showed highest in 1 week. In the treatment method, a major portion of treatment methods was acupuncture, followed by herbal medicine treatment, aroma therapy in order. 4. The Frequency of use of Prescriptions showed highest in Bojungikgi-Tanggami. The Frequency of use of Extract showed highest in Sochungryong-Tang. 5. The distribution of past history showed highest in Atopic dermatitis. The distribution of Rhinologic Complication showed highest in Paranasal sinusitis.

Keywords

• Clinical Analysis;
• Hypersensitive rhinitis;
• Allergic rhinitis