Autumn and winter season, some people are particularly easy to "cold", at every turn sneeze runny nose, can eat a lot of cold medicine, but it is always not good. Maybe what you have is not a cold, but rhinitis.

Distinguish between colds and allergic rhinitis

Grasp four key points

In winter, in addition to cold air, the most common thing is sneezing. Some people have a cold, some people are rhinitis, there are many people who have a cold but think they are rhinitis, rhinitis is mistaken for a cold, so that the wrong medication, delay the treatment, and even the cold dragged into rhinitis.

Among them, especially allergic rhinitis is most likely to be misunderstood as a cold, because the obvious symptoms of both are nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing. So, how to tell correctly? Remember these key points --

Cold, in essence, is caused by external viruses and bacteria invading the body. We often feel that a cold is because of a cold, in fact, after a cold physique is weaker and more likely to be successfully invaded by the virus caused by "illusion". Therefore, there are viruses and bacteria in the body when the cold is contagious.

Allergic rhinitis, also known as allergic rhinitis, is generally caused by atopic physical contact with external allergens. This is an allergic disease, no virus, bacteria, not contagious, generally not life-threatening, but affect the quality of life, there is a certain genetic tendency.

What symptoms do we all have when we have a cold? In addition to nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, there will also be fatigue, body aches, fever and other systemic symptoms. Especially with flu, systemic symptoms are more pronounced. The symptoms of allergic rhinitis are localized, mainly in the nose and eyes. When many people have rhinitis, their eyes will cry or have uncomfortable feelings such as itchy eyes can not open, but it is rare to have aching muscles all over the body.

Colds are perennial, occur all year round, and often occur a few days after a viral infection.

Allergic rhinitis is paroxysmal, with symptoms appearing immediately after exposure to an allergen. If it happens at the same time every year, or after exposure to the same thing every time, it is likely allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis caused by dust mites and animal hair, because such allergens exist all year round, the symptoms of patients are also four seasons. This is quite different from the seasonal allergic rhinitis caused by some plant allergens.

The cold caused by the virus is mostly a self-limited disease, which can heal itself in the case of symptomatic treatment to prevent complications, and will generally improve in about a week.

The symptoms of allergic rhinitis may disappear after a few minutes or may last a long time, depending on whether or not you are isolated from contact with the allergen. If there is no isolation, even if the drug has been used, it will continue to appear symptoms and cannot be cured.

These "daily sneezes" are all rhinitis

Allergic rhinitis is just one of many types of rhinitis, and many "everyday sneezes" are actually caused by rhinitis.

It is common for people to sneeze several times in succession, or to sneeze for a long time, and the sneeze is more serious, sometimes accompanied by a steady stream of mucus. This is most likely caused by allergic rhinitis patients exposed to allergens.

Common allergens are pollen, catkins, dust, mites, cat hair, etc., and some people will be allergic to some aroma, taste, mold environment and so on.

Many temperature-sensitive people sneeze when they go from a warm room to an outdoor room in winter and from an outdoor room to an air-conditioned room in summer.

This is mainly because the temperature stimulates the nasal cavity, the vasodilation function has changed, causing an increase in watery secretions, and the temperature ADAPTS slowly.

Many people have a runny nose after eating and drinking, or when drinking hot noodle soup or hot water, which is similar to the above situation, and may also belong to vasomotor rhinitis.

With the increase of age, some elderly people will unconsciously discharge a clear nose. This may be related to changes in nasal sensitivity caused by nasal mucosal degeneration and physical function degeneration. This condition is called senile rhinitis and is a physiological phenomenon.

Many people like to use the "nasal small god medicine", sucking a nose on ventilation, can alleviate the symptoms of cold or chronic rhinitis nasal congestion. But after a period of time, the working time is getting shorter and shorter, and even the nasal congestion is becoming more and more serious.

This is because many "nasal small god drugs" contain vasoconstrictor components, long-term, large-scale use will develop into drug rhinitis.

With the development and change of social environment, rhinitis population is also gradually increasing, especially patients with allergic rhinitis. Although this does not threaten life safety, but also bring inconvenience in work and life and social embarrassment, serious cases can also cause otitis media, asthma and other diseases. Therefore, allergic rhinitis should also be actively prevented.