Both rhinitis and pharyngitis may cause the uncomfortable symptoms of dizziness and headache.
1. Rhinosinusitis: It is a common inflammatory disease of the nose, which may cause nasal congestion, nasal discharge, dizziness and headache. For example, acute rhinitis can be caused by viral infection of systemic symptoms, including dizziness, headache, fever, etc.; chronic rhinosinusitis will be due to the swelling of the nasal mucosa to block the sinus orifice, or inflammation of the nasal mucosa leading to the nasal mucosa pain threshold is lowered and caused by dizziness and headache.
2. Pharyngitis: a common upper respiratory tract infectious diseases, acute viral and bacterial infections in the pharynx produce inflammatory lesions, due to different virulence of pathogenic microorganisms and cause dizziness, headache, fever, loss of appetite and other systemic symptoms of neurological, humoral and endocrine disorders, but the systemic symptoms are generally mild.
Rhinitis and pharyngitis may appear dizziness and headache, but this kind of symptom is not a specific symptom, and not every patient will appear, such as suffering from rhinitis pharyngitis, there are also dizziness and headache symptoms, need to actively seek medical attention, systematic examination, clear diagnosis and etiology, to avoid delaying the condition.