Open AccessRhinitis, not to sniff at
Author(s) -
W.J. Fokkens
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin.16.403
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , public health , sinusitis , environmental health , immunology , pathology , nursing
Already for years we have ample evidence of the severe impact of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and maybe even more rhinosinusitis on quality of life of our patients and the severe costs these diseases inflict on society. Despite this evidence we have difficulty convincing the politicians, health insurance companies and the public that more attention, research and money is needed to prevent these diseases to occur and to further prevent the sometimes serious sequalae of the disease.