[Diagnosis and therapy of hay fever in the clinic for lung diseases and tuberculosis].

In general the special diagnostics and therapy of hay-fever are done by the otorhinolaryngologist. Recently patients are often referred to the Chest Clinic for allergologic diagnostics and for classification of bronchial asthma simultaneously existing. The specialist in the Chest Clinic must be experienced also in the problems of allergic rhinitis, at least in a sufficient extent. Therefore, practical proposals for diagnostics, differential diagnosis and therapy of allergic rhinitis and especially of hay-fever are given in this paper considering recent literature and own experience in an allergologic consulting cabinet.