There are many diseases that cause nasal congestion symptoms, such as acute and chronic rhinitis, deviated nasal septum, adenoid hypertrophy, benign and malignant tumors of nasal cavity and sinuses. Some diseases need to be treated with medication, while others need to be treated surgically.
Acute rhinitis is what we usually call a cold. If acute rhinitis causes nasal congestion, the main thing is to treat the cold, as the cold is better in nasal congestion will also improve, generally nasal congestion symptoms for about a week can be relieved. Severe nasal congestion can be nasal use of ephedrine nasal drops or similar drugs. If it is chronic simple rhinitis, the medication is basically the same as acute rhinitis, you can add nasal hormones, Chinese medicine, etc. If the nasal secretion is high, you can use a special nasal rinse to flush the nasal cavity. In case of chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, if the above mentioned medication is not effective, surgical treatment is required. The main surgical methods are: inferior turbinate ablation, partial removal of inferior turbinate bone, middle turbinate ablation, etc. For allergic rhinitis, anti-allergic treatment is mainly carried out. If the nasal septum is deviated causing long-term nasal congestion or benign and malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and sinuses, surgical treatment is required. Adenoid hypertrophy, mostly seen in children, can be treated with medications such as nasal abnormalities, montelukast, nasal spray, etc. if the symptoms of nasal congestion are not obvious. If the nasal congestion is still severe for a long time with medication, the adenoids should be removed surgically.
Therefore, if you have long-term nasal congestion, it is better to go to the hospital to ask the doctor to check the nasal cavity or to do an electronic nasopharyngoscopy to make a clear diagnosis and then treat the symptoms. (For specific medication, please refer to the doctor’s guidance in the clinical setting)