Does surgery completely cure allergic rhinitis?

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Hello doctor. I have had allergic rhinitis for a long time, can I have surgery to completely treat the disease? I took medicine for many years, the disease did not go away and caused a lot of trouble for my daily activities. Seek advice from a doctor.
Le Hong Khuong (1979)

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Hello, please allow me to reply you as follows.
Allergic rhinitis is a disease of the immune system, in which the body will produce antibodies, the IgE when exposed to allergens. Or to put it simply, the disease has a geographical factor.
Treatment of the disease today mainly has 2 methods:
The first method is to treat symptoms: Using anti-allergic drugs to help reduce ear and nose symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose... This method only helps alleviate, not cure the disease. To treat the root cause of the disease, there is a method of desensitization, that is, turning the allergenic factor into a factor that is used to your body. Thereby reducing or not producing the IgE antibodies that cause allergic rhinitis. You should visit the hospitals of Vinmec Health System for more detailed advice. Thank you for sending your question to Vinmec Health System. Best regards.
Answered by Doctor of Otolaryngology - Department of General Surgery, Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.