Congestion of the nasal mucosa (mucous membranes) on examination of the rhinoscope may be due to acute rhinitis, chronic simple rhinitis, chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, and other conditions. If you need to confirm the diagnosis, you should go to an ENT doctor and make a clear diagnosis by combining the medical history and symptoms.
1. Acute rhinitis: after viral infection, in the early stage of the disease, the nasal mucosa vasospasm, gland secretion is reduced; followed by the dilation of blood vessels in the mucosa, mucosal congestion, edema. Nasal mucus is watery at the beginning, and gradually becomes mucous and mucopurulent after secondary bacterial infection.
2. Chronic simple rhinitis: the examination of this disease can find that the nasal mucosa is swollen due to the chronic dilatation of blood vessels, the surface is smooth, and the most obvious is the inferior turbinate, which is soft and elastic. At the same time, the mucous glands are active, resulting in increased secretion, mostly translucent mucous nasal mucus, and pus when secondary infection.
3. Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis: this type of rhinitis in the rhinoscopy, can present nasal mucosa hyperplasia, hypertrophy, dark red or light purple red. The mucous membrane of the inferior turbinate is hypertrophied, uneven surface, nodular or mulberry, the turbinate bone can be hypertrophied, often blocking the entire nasal cavity.
When there are symptoms of nasal discomfort, it is recommended to go to the ENT department of the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to improve the rhinoscopy and other tests to clarify the diagnosis and cause of the disease, in order to further standardize the diagnosis and treatment.