Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 188-191
Serum Vitamin D Levels in Chronic Allergic Rhinitis
Rajiv Kumar Saxena1, Hemendra Bamaniya2, H.S. Bhuie3
1,2Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajsamand, Rajasthan.
3Professor, Department of ENT, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajsamand, Rajasthan.
Corresponding Author: Hemendra Bamaniya
ABSTRACT
Aims & Objectives: The present study is performed to assess the relationship between serum vitamin D level and occurrence of allergic rhinitis.
Materials & Methods: The study included 120 patients of chronic allergic rhinitis and 120 normal individuals as control. Serum vitamin D level of all the cases and controls was measured. Mean daily allergic rhinitis symptom score of all the cases was recorded. The results were compared.
Results: Out of 120 cases included in present study out of which 63 (52.5%) were male and 57 (47.5) were female. Age of the patients ranges from 20 to 60 years with the mean age of 36.5 years. Mean serum vitamin D level in allergic rhinitis patients (group A) was 18.79±9.81 ng/ml while in controls (group B), the mean was 36.11±13.22 ng/ml. 53.33% of allergic rhinitis cases were deficient in serum vitamin D level (<20 ng/ml), 34.16% were having insufficient vitamin D level (20-30 ng/ml) and 12.5% were having normal vitamin D level (>30 ng/ml).
Conclusion: The present study suggests a possible correlation between serum vitamin D level and allergic rhinitis. The patients of allergic rhinitis were found deficient in serum vitamin D level. Moreover, the deficiency was found to be more pronounced in the patients of severe allergic rhinitis.
Key words: allergic rhinitis, Vitamin D, rhinorrhoea, allergen, immunity
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