[Allergic rhinitis in childhood--therapy and therapeutic success in a 5-year observation period].

An "infection allergy" must always be taken into account in children with allergic rhinitis, suffering from adenoids and also from recurrent rhinosinusitis. First of all, it would be necessary to take measures to cure the infection. Brief and mild symptoms only are no indications for hyposensitisation in definitely predominant allergy. Subcutaneous hyposensitisation proves more successful than oral hyposensitisation in children with severe signs and symptoms of allergy.