Effect of second-generation antihistamines on nighttime sleep and daytime sleepiness in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Background: The daytime tiredness experienced by the vast majority of allergic rhinitis (AR) sufferers is directly related to the fact that they experience disrupted sleep at night. This study compared the effects of recently marketed second-generation H1 antihistamines (SGAs) on nighttime sleep and daytime sleepiness in patients with AR, with patients grouped into those taking non-brain-penetrating antihistamines (NBP group) and those taking brain-penetrating antihistamines (BP group).

Methods: Patients with AR completed self-administered questionnaire-based surveys to determine Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before and after taking SGAs.

Taste and acoustic reflex after recovery from facial muscle paralysis in patients with facial nerve palsy.

Background: There are few studies on taste or acoustic reflex (AR) in patients after recovery from facial muscle paralysis (FMP).

Objectives: To investigate the recovery of AR and taste in patients who have recovered from peripheral facial nerve palsy (FNP).

Materials And Methods: The study included 25 patients whose FMP had resolved after treatment for FNP.