Allergic Rhinitis and Sports

Silva, Diana; André, Moreira; Delgado, Luis Mariano Mateos

doi:10.5772/26061

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“…Allergic rhinitis affects 10-20% of the general population, and in elite athletes, this prevalence ranges from 13% up to 35%, depending on the sport and environmental conditions [51,52]. The higher risk of rhinitis in athletes can come from several mechanisms that interact with each other: exercise role in modulating the innate and adaptive immune system [5,38,39,42,53], increased ventilation in power athletes for a short period of time and for longer periods in resistance athletes [4], and exposure to different environmental conditions.…”

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The role of sports and exercise in allergic disease: drawbacks and benefits

Silva

Moreira²

2015

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

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Although training and exercise have several benefits, overdoing it might not necessarily be a good thing. For instance, elite athletes have an increased risk for asthma and allergy. Several mechanisms can be implicated for this risk, which include the interplay between environmental training factors and athlete's personal risk factors, such as genetic susceptibility, neurogenic-mediated inflammation, and epithelial sensitivity. However, an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence shows the positive effects of sports as part of a healthy lifestyle. Training reduces breathlessness and asthma symptoms and attenuates Th2-mediated inflammatory responses. Taken together, the benefits far outweigh the potential hazards of training. An easily administered therapeutic healthy lifestyle intervention, which could be used alongside current treatment, must be developed.

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