Allergologie : une spécialité à l’heure des parcours de soins

Perception and control of allergic rhinitis in primary care

“…First, a public health campaign, which should also involve pharmacists, could encourage patients to see a GP for any recurrent episodes of runny nose, sneezing and eye-watering. A third of the patients in the PETRA cohort had seen their GPs for the first time for AR symptoms, and only half the patients were followed regularly for the condition despite their symptoms being present for an average of 8 years (a delay consistent with a previous French survey 16 ) with the treatment appearing inadequate in most cases (low use of intranasal steroids or allergen immunotherapy, for instance). Secondly, once the GP has been approached by the patient, he/she becomes the front-line intermediary regarding the dispensing of information.…”

“…Nonetheless, access to allergists in France is difficult due to their rarity. This may change in the future, however, with allergology having become a full specialty in 2017 and the increase in awareness of public authorities, health professionals and the general public about the consequences of a disease that is still too often trivialised or ignored 16 .…”