Have you ever thought that vigorous nose blowing susceptible to otitis media; a rotten tooth will not be treated to trigger fungal sinusitis; digging nostril plucking nose hair will lead to nasal bleeding; these small habits we usually do not care about can actually make the nose suffer. Today is “National Nose Day”, let’s pay attention to the nose from now on, away from rhinological diseases.
Have you ever thought about vigorous nose blowing susceptible to secretory otitis media; a rotten tooth left untreated can lead to fungal sinusitis; digging nostril plucking nose hair will lead to nosebleeds; these small habits we usually do not care about can actually make the nose suffer. Today is “National Nose Day”, let’s pay attention to the nose from now on and stay away from rhinological diseases.
Understanding the nose
The nose is located at the upper end of the upper respiratory tract and is the first portal of our breathing, it has its own function of heating and humidifying, and will be released and contracted with the external temperature, plus the nasal mucosa is thin, capillary-rich is easily infected by external stimuli, is the most inflammable organ. Common inflammatory diseases are the following.
Acute rhinitis
The main symptoms are a runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing and other symptoms, which can also be accompanied by general malaise. It is common in autumn, winter and spring. The disease usually improves gradually after 7 to 14 days. Those with strong resistance can be cured without treatment.
Chronic simple rhinitis
It is a common disease that develops from acute rhinitis. The main symptom is nasal congestion and runny nose. It is associated with combined bacterial secondary infections, incomplete treatment and recurrent attacks.
Allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis can be divided into seasonal rhinitis and perennial rhinitis depending on the time of exposure to allergens. It is generally believed that perennial rhinitis is mainly caused by indoor allergens, such as dust mites and fungi. Seasonal rhinitis is mostly caused by a large number of outdoor allergens such as pollen. The main clinical manifestations include: sneezing, clear watery snot, nasal congestion, nasal itching and other symptoms appearing more than 2 (including 2); the symptoms last or accumulate for more than 1 hour per day; it may be accompanied by eye symptoms such as eye itching and conjunctival congestion. The onset is usually more than 3 months.
Vasomotor rhinitis
Many people will confuse allergic rhinitis with vasomotor rhinitis. This is because its external symptoms are similar to those of allergic rhinitis, but are different in that no allergens are present after testing.
Sinusitis
Sinusitis is divided into acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. The general symptoms are mainly pus, thick nasal discharge and headache. Children often have acute sinusitis, (usually after preschool, more often under 14 years old) with facial pain along with pus. If the cold is not treated in time, the condition will continue for 4-7 weeks and then turn into chronic sinusitis, which can be treated by herbal sprays and nasal drops or oral herbal medicine, mainly to clear heat and detoxify the body. Chronic sinusitis can be combined with nasal polyps, due to poor sinus drainage, pus long-term stimulation of the sinus opening, will grow polyps, clinical treatment is generally through drainage and surgery.
Nose tumor
The main symptom of nasal and sinus papilloma is nasal congestion, and the surface of the new creature in the nose is papillary. Papilloma is prone to recurrence after removal and has the possibility of cancer, which requires attention. Hemangioma, on the other hand, is mainly manifested by recurrent nasal bleeding, sometimes with a large amount of bleeding.
Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor occurring in the nasopharyngeal mucosa. It is more common in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Hunan in China, with more men than women. The age of onset is mostly middle-aged people, but there are also teenagers who have the disease. Headache is a common symptom, accounting for 68.6%, and it can be the first or only symptom, with intermittent headache in the early stage and persistent migraine in the late stage. In addition, there is blood in the sputum after nasal aspiration or blood in the snot when blowing the nose.
Bad habits
Vigorous nose blowing is prone to secretory otitis media. The cold will lead to nasal congestion, nasal snot, and poor breathing, and many people cover their noses and blow hard when their noses are stuffed, hoping to blow their noses clean at once. This is very unscientific. Since the ear, nose and throat are connected, if you don’t pay attention to the method when blowing your nose and use too much force, the pressure inside your nose may allow inflammatory secretions (bacteria and viruses) to flow into your sinuses or middle ear, thus causing otitis media.
The best way to remove snot from the nose is to gently suck it into your mouth and spit it out onto paper. You can also take to block one front nostril and blow the opposite side of the nose. In addition, because children are less expressive, even tinnitus can often be ignored. It is important to have patience and not to be too hasty in blowing the nose for children and to avoid excessive force.
Rotten teeth are not treated, beware of fungal sinusitis
Mr. Zhang has been feeling uncomfortable in his nose for some time now, and found blood in his nose when he blew his nose. So he went to the doctor and was found to have sinusitis through C T testing, which the doctor thought was caused by a bacterial infection. The doctor found that Mr. Zhang had a rotten tooth after a detailed medical history, and usually did not feel any impact on it, but I did not expect the bad water from the rotten tooth to travel upward and cause fungal sinusitis.
Nose picking, nose hair plucking can lead to nosebleeds
Many people have the habit of digging their nostrils and plucking nasal hair, but because the front of the nose is rich in capillary plexus, forceful digging can lead to bleeding. Many people rinse their nose with cool water and tilt their head when it bleeds, but this is not the right way, the blood will flow backwards to the mouth, and if the bleeding amount is high, it will also cause asphyxiation. The scientific method is to tilt your head forward and press your finger to the middle of the nose on the bleeding side, if it is bleeding on both sides you need to press both sides until the bleeding stops, of course a lot of bleeding should still seek medical attention in time.
It is advisable not to dig the boogers with your hands, it is better to moisten the nostrils with warm saline with cotton swabs, so that the boogers can easily fall off by themselves, otherwise it is not only easy to cause nasal bleeding, but also easy to break the nasal mucosa, leading to bacterial infection.
Keep away from rhinitis by doing this
Whether you have been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis or are an allergist, you should take precautions. First, avoid contact with allergens such as dust mites, cold air, pollen, animal fur, viruses, molds, industrial fumes, and irritating gases as much as possible. In daily life, stay away from cats and dogs and birds, avoid carpets and feather bedding, and reduce indoor dust. Those who are allergic to pollen should go out less during the season of pollen dispersal. Pollen from trees is more likely to trigger allergies than the usual ornamental flowers.
Do not blow your nose vigorously or pick your nostrils, and treat any rotten teeth promptly. Usually, warm salt water can be used to rinse the nasal cavity, which can reduce the occurrence of rhinitis and colds. Finally, good habits should also be established. Do not eat frozen food, seafood, beans, peanuts higher protein things that can easily cause rhinitis. Cilantro, perilla, onion, ginger, garlic and other aromatic foods are good for a clear nose. Less exposure to chemical drugs, alcohol, peppers, pesticides.
Nasal congestion may be allergic rhinitis
Is a stuffy nose always a cold? No! A state-owned enterprise employee Xiao Chen’s nose recently a little blocked, nasal congestion and runny nose has been unable to get better, all day long, I feel breathless, can only breathe through the mouth. Xiao Chen thought it was a common cold and bought some cold medicine in the pharmacy to eat, but after a few days the problem of nasal congestion still did not get better, but more and more serious. After a period of time, he went to the hospital and was diagnosed with allergic rhinitis. Because of the lack of timely and correct treatment, the condition worsened, the doctor gave Xiao Chen the right medicine, and it did not take long for Xiao Chen’s illness to get better.
Although colds can also cause nasal congestion, they are mostly accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, chills, headache and pain in the limbs, which will disappear after a week or so. In contrast, patients with allergic rhinitis often have a lot of mucous secretions in the nasal cavity, the nasal mucosa is pale, congested or light blue, and the mucosa is often significantly edematous, while the cold does not have these manifestations.
40% of patients with allergic rhinitis have asthma
Many patients with allergic rhinitis either feel that the disease cannot be cured and simply ignore it, or feel that the disease is no big deal anyway and are too lazy to seek help from a doctor. However, they don’t realize that if they don’t treat the disease early, it can be dangerous for them. Allergic rhinitis is an important risk factor for asthma, and about 40% of people with allergic rhinitis also have asthma, and an attack of allergic rhinitis usually causes an exacerbation of asthma — this is often referred to as the “same airway, same disease” concept. This is the concept of “same airway, same disease”.
DIY medications can aggravate rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis can also be treated with medication in addition to desensitization therapy. For people with intermittent allergic rhinitis that only flares up occasionally each year, oral anti-allergy medication and intranasal hormone therapy are both good options. However, do not go to the pharmacy to buy drugs, some drugs are more expensive, but in fact most of them contain vasoconstrictor ephedrine, the initial use of the improvement of nasal congestion is very obvious, but with more, will form a drug rhinitis, nasal congestion aggravated, forming a vicious cycle, and serious damage to the nasal mucosa.
For patients with symptoms, if nasal itching, sneezing, runny nose or nasal congestion lasts for more than 3 months, they should go to the ENT department or allergic reaction department of a regular hospital to receive formal treatment and strive for early cure. In addition, it is also important to pay attention to early diagnosis and treatment of colds in general to avoid delaying the disease and developing into a more serious one. Chinese medicine can relieve and treat nasal diseases through oral Chinese medicine, nasal drops, use of Chinese medicine spray, or acupuncture therapy. Western medicine usually uses desensitization therapy to prevent asthma induced by allergic rhinitis, with an efficacy of 85%-90%. However, it takes a long time, once a week for the first 4 months of treatment and every 6 weeks thereafter, and needs to last for 3-5 years. Topical hormonal medication depends on the condition.
Nasal health exercises to prevent nasal congestion and runny nose
nasal back massage method, the two thumbs of the fingers rubbed hot, and then respectively in the back of the nose from the root of the nose to the Yingxiang point (sitting or supine posture, Yingxiang point is located in the face, in the nasal wings next to the wrinkles of about a centimeter), back and forth massage, to the degree of heat, and then respectively from the Zanzhu (Zanzhu point is located in the human face, the inner edge of the eyebrow depression) to the solar plexus pushed, so that local heat, three times a day.
Yingxiang point massage, using the index finger on the point of Yingxiang point, pressure, kneading, press, three times a day, to feel comfortable in the nose.