Can’t you swim with rhinitis?

Rhinitis can swim, but swimming is not recommended in the acute stage, so as to avoid microorganisms and chemicals in the water entering the nasal cavity and stimulating the nasal mucosa to aggravate the inflammation.
Rhinitis is due to the nasal mucosa by a variety of bacteria, viruses, physical and chemical factors such as stimulation of the disease, can be manifested as nasal congestion, runny, sneezing and other symptoms.
If you swim in unclean water for a long time, the water enters the nasal cavity and contacts the nasal mucous membrane tissue, which will trigger inflammatory changes in the nasal mucous membrane. At the same time, chemical substances and microorganisms in the water may also cause infection after entering the nasal cavity.
In normal life, we should pay attention to avoid cold and cold, and avoid swimming in the period of rhinitis attack or not healed.