What to do if you lose your sense of smell due to rhinitis

Patients with rhinitis, resulting in the loss of smell symptoms, the need to first of all the nose for a careful, comprehensive examination, usually take the nasal endoscopy examination, clear the specific type and degree of rhinitis, to take targeted treatment, improvement measures to drug treatment, surgical treatment based on the following: 1, drug treatment: for patients with nasal mucosal congestion, swelling, edema, usually You can use some hormone nasal spray drugs to treat and improve, such as mometasone furoate nasal spray, fluticasone propionate nasal spray and so on. When the symptoms of nasal congestion are particularly serious, you can use some vasoconstrictor drugs for a short period of time, such as hydroxymetazoline hydrochloride nasal spray, etc. At the same time, according to the specific condition of rhinitis, you also need to target the use of some anti-infective and anti-allergic drugs to treat and improve. After the symptoms of nasal congestion improve, the sense of smell can often be restored and improved to a certain extent. 2, surgical treatment: if the patient has a nasal polyp and so on the proliferation of organisms, may need further surgical treatment.