Violation of breathing by the nose as a result of swelling in the nasal concha of tissues is called vasomotor rhinitis. Its development is facilitated by the curvature of the nasal septum, the appearance of thorns and ridges in it. Gastrointestinal disorders, long-term hypothermia can contribute to pathology. With prolonged use, I vasoconstrict
drops also increases the likelihood of
vasomotor rhinitis. Vascular neurosis and immunovegetative dystonia are another relevant factors affecting the nasal mucosa, which can provoke respiratory dysfunction. In young children (up to six years), pathology is extremely rare due to underdevelopment in the region of the turbinates of the cavernous tissue.
Signs of vasomotor rhinitis
Pathology may have a neurovegetative or allergic form. Regardless of this, the first symptoms that appear are fatigue, headaches, weakness, and sleep disturbances. In addition, memory impairment and loss of appetite may be observed. As a result of impaired breathing by the nose, a deterioration in lung ventilation also occurs. All these processes are accompanied by a characteristic itching that occurs in the nose and the constant release of a large amount of watery mucus from it. This causes sneezing attacks, lacrimation, redness of the face, and excessive sweating. It should be said that such signs of vasomotor rhinitis appear cyclically. Violation of the cyclicity can be triggered by strong irritants, for example, nervous tension or exposure to cold. In the period between exacerbations
Symptoms such as sleep disturbance, fatigue, periodic headaches that occur due to
vascular spasms in the brain.
Diagnosis of vasomotor rhinitis
To detect the presence of pathology and determine its shape, a blood test is performed. So, if a person suffers from allergic vasomotor rhinitis, eosinophils will be detected in the blood, as, indeed, in nasal mucus. Often such a pathology is combined with asthmatic bronchitis.
Methods of treatment of vasomotor rhinitis
In many cases, doctors recommend a pathologist to eliminate
and to carry out septoplasty, which is an operation during which the curved septum of the nose is corrected. In fact, such an intervention is required only in exceptional cases, for example, when there is a pronounced post-traumatic deformation. Violations in nasal breathing occur rather than due to deviation of the septum, but because of processes associated with neurovegetative-muscular vascular dissociation, relevant for the nasal mucosa. As a result, the vessels in the mucosa are excessively filled with blood, which leads to nasal congestion and swelling. In turn, irritation of the nerve endings, which results in impulses that cause vasodilation, is a consequence of infection. Based on these features,
treatment of vasomotor rhinitis should be carried out by sanitation of the mucosa. As additional measures, use photodynamic therapy, which allows you to restore the mucous membrane, and organotherapy, which allows you to strengthen the lymph flow. Due to this, subsequently it is possible to normalize local immunity. In complex cases, when there is severe hypertrophy of the nasal concha, a laser treatment of vasomotor rhinitis is performed, which consists in modeling using a special laser apparatus
of the nasal mucosa.