One side of the nose may be atrophic rhinitis, nasal septum deviation, nasal polyps and other diseases, need to take medication, surgical treatment for the cause of the disease.
1. Atrophic rhinitis: one side of the nose may be atrophic rhinitis. Patients can use warm saline, potassium permanganate solution daily nasal rinse, or follow the doctor’s instructions to choose compound estradiol nasal drops, glucose glycerin nasal drops. If the symptom is serious, nasal mucous-periosteum embedding surgery, anterior nostril closure surgery can be taken.
2. Deviated nasal septum: One side of the nose is not ventilated, which is also considered to be caused by bone and cartilage deformity of the nasal septum. Patients can choose the septum submucosal correction or excision surgery to correct the abnormal nasal structure and restore the symptomatic ventilation.
3. Nasal polyps: one side of the nose is not ventilated may also be due to nasal polyps. Patients can use local glucocorticoid drugs under the guidance of the doctor, such as beclomethasone propionate nasal aerosol, budesonide nasal spray. Or oral antihistamine drugs, such as cetirizine, loratadine. Systemic treatment, mainly nasal polypectomy, can be taken if conservative treatment is ineffective.
There are many reasons why one side of the nose does not breathe, it is recommended that patients identify the cause of the disease in a timely manner, once diagnosed need to comply with the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of medication and treatment.