As the saying goes, “Love your ears in March, love your nose in April”. The nose is the olfactory and respiratory organ of the human body, and its health greatly guarantees the normal functioning of the human body. However, nose diseases are common in the population, which makes some patients very distressed. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce the relevant knowledge to everyone at the right time, so that everyone can be alert, prevent various nasal diseases in time, protect their nose and enjoy the smooth breathing.
The nose has three enemies: one is the cold. The temperature is too low, the nasal mucosa and its physiological function will bring adverse effects. Once the cold air is inhaled into the respiratory tract, stimulating mucosal vasoconstriction, resulting in local anemia and nutritional disorders, will make the mucosal epithelium, cilia movement is weakened, resulting in the purification of the nose and defense function is greatly reduced, viruses, bacteria will invade the respiratory tract. The second is dryness. Keeping the nasal cavity moist is an important condition for the nose to perform its function.
If the inhaled air is abnormally dry, the nasal mucosa needs to secrete a lot of liquid to moisten the air. Once the secretion and evaporation of nasal mucus glands can not maintain a relative balance, people will feel dry nasal cavity. Nasal dryness, like cold, will also weaken the epithelial cilia movement of the mucosa and reduce nasal function. The third is dust. Although the mucus of the nasal mucosa has the role of adsorbing dust, but there is a certain limit.
When too much dust accumulates by inhalation, the lysozyme and phagocytes in the mucus will not be able to destroy and drive away bacteria, thus leading to nasal mucosal erosion, rhinorrhea, and dry rhinitis, nasal septal perforation, etc. Of course, sneezing can help us expel foreign bodies and particles we inhale, but if we have the flu, sneezing can also disperse the flu virus into the air and pose a threat to healthy people around us.
With the increasing modernization of urban life, car exhaust, cosmetics, decorative materials and food additives are the main causes of rhinitis (including allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, etc.). The number of people suffering from rhinitis is increasing, and the age tends to be younger. The number of people suffering from rhinitis is increasing year by year, and the danger to the human body cannot be ignored, so it is important to treat rhinitis in a timely manner and not let it develop into a serious illness. The clinical symptoms of rhinitis vary and are extremely harmful. When the physiological function of the nasal cavity is affected, there will be respiratory impairment, which will lead to a decrease in blood oxygen concentration and affect the function and metabolism of other tissues and organs. And when rhinitis is not treated in time and affects the olfactory mucosa, there will be olfactory impairment, resulting in the inability to smell odors and other smells. When long-term recurrent sinusitis is not treated in time, the inflammation will spread to the adjacent organs and tissues, and complications such as frontal bone osteomyelitis, orbital bone wall osteitis and periostitis, orbital wall subperiosteal abscess, intraorbital cellulitis, retrobulbar optic neuritis, epidural abscess, subdural abscess, septic meningitis, brain abscess, cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis and other critical emergencies.
This shows that it is particularly important to prevent the occurrence of nasal disease, first of all, to avoid the various factors that lead to a decline in human resistance: such as excessive fatigue, lack of sleep, cold, alcohol, smoking, etc.; this is because, when the body’s resistance is reduced, the poor regulation of the nasal mucosa, low defense function, the virus to take advantage of the invasion of the disease. Chinese medicine is mostly considered to be the result of the invasion of wind and cold evil in the body. Secondly, we should adhere to physical exercise to strengthen the body’s resistance: such as morning running, cold bath or cold water washing exercise, can enhance physical fitness, improve the body’s tolerance to cold, improve the body’s ability to adapt to adverse conditions, and actively treat upper respiratory tract diseases and other chronic diseases of the body.