What to do if your nasal passages are dry from blowing air conditioning

Blowing air conditioning nasal dryness may be the air conditioning dehumidification function is too strong leading to air dryness, dry rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, etc., according to the cause of the disease and the extent of the disease to choose the cause of treatment and symptomatic treatment.
1. Air dryness: part of the space is small, the environment is closed, air conditioning continued high intensity role, can lead to indoor air is too dry, the nasal cavity with the loss of excessive moisture, mucous membrane glands secretion function is relatively insufficient and lead to nasal dryness. At this time can assist indoor humidification equipment, increase the humidity of the air inside the house, or can improve the symptoms of nasal dryness.
2. Dry rhinitis: nasal mucosa due to chronic inflammation caused by the glands to reduce secretion, resulting in dry nasal mucosa, crusting, blowing the air conditioning rhinitis more so. Vitamin-rich food or multivitamins, 5% glucose saline drops, saline rinse nasal cavity.
2. Atrophic rhinitis; nasal mucosa and glandular atrophy, triggered by nasal dryness, in the air conditioning can make the symptoms worse. Available warm saline rinse, with compound menthol nasal drops, 1% chloramphenicol nasal drops, 50% dextrose and other nasal drops. Oral multivitamins promote mucosal epithelial growth. If conservative treatment is ineffective, surgical treatments such as nasal mucoperiosteal embedding can be tried.
It is recommended that air-conditioned patients with dry nasal cavity go to the hospital, clear cause and diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the diagnosis and treatment.