Shiying Hey

Locum Consultant ENT Surgeon with a specialist interest in Laryngology

MB ChB, DO-HNS, PG Dip ClinEd, MFSTEd, FRCS (ORL-HNS), Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Latest Contribution

Is the lack of sunshine the reason behind allergic rhinitis?

1 November 2016 | | allergic rhinitis, Children, incidence, prevalence, vitamin D

Deficiency in Vitamin D, an in vogue immunomodulator, has been shown in emerging data to have a substantial pathogenetic role in allergic related diseases, particularly asthma. The concept of a shared upper and lower airway has allowed the natural extrapolation...

Is Dymista® useful for paediatric allergic rhinitis?

1 September 2016 | | MP-AzeFlu, assessment, azelastine, children, dymista, fluticasone propionate, seasonal allergic rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis (AR) affects up to 14.6% of the paediatric population. Whilst a recent Cochrane review has considered the evidence for intranasal corticosteroids as `weak and unreliable’ in paediatric AR, this product is a novel formulation combining Fluticasone and Azelastine...