Rhinitis may cause bad breath.
Due to viruses, bacteria or allergies, the nasal mucosa is inflamed, and symptoms such as nasal congestion, itchy nose, sneezing, runny nose, etc. Due to the increase in secretions from the nasal mucosa, a large amount of secretions backflow into the throat, which can easily lead to complications such as pharyngolaryngitis and inflammation of the tonsils.
As the back wall of the pharynx for a long time there is sticky secretions gathered, if secondary bacterial infection will also appear purulent nasal mucus, resulting in bad taste in the mouth. When the tonsils are inflamed, there will be cheese-like or tofu-dreg-like spoilage in the tonsillar crypts, which will lead to the symptoms of bad breath.
It is recommended that patients with rhinitis, should follow the doctor’s instructions to actively treat rhinitis, usually in life should pay attention to not eat spicy, cold, greasy food, go out and wear a mask to reduce contact with allergens, can effectively reduce the symptoms of rhinitis, thus reducing the bad breath.