Can rhinitis cause asthma

Rhinitis is a very common disease and is not easy to treat. Although each attack is not serious, it is a chronic disease and its long-term existence causes great distress to patients. Because rhinitis cannot be treated well, many patients worry that this disease is linked to asthma and that rhinitis may trigger asthma. So, can rhinitis cause asthma? Let’s take a look below.

The main symptoms of allergic rhinitis are continuous paroxysmal sneezing, nasal congestion, nasal itching, and large amounts of clear watery nasal discharge. Asthma patients with allergic rhinitis may experience symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, itchy nose, itchy eyes, and tearing before the onset of the disease. From an immunological point of view, the pathogenesis of both allergic rhinitis and asthma is allergic reaction. About 50% of patients with allergic rhinitis also have asthma. Allergic rhinitis is an allergic disease. Symptoms often occur before asthma. Treatment is often delayed due to misdiagnosis as a cold, leading to asthma attacks.

According to the latest research, for most asthma patients, allergic rhinitis itself is the earliest symptom of asthma. This conclusion reminds us that regardless of whether it is patients with allergic rhinitis or asthma, we should consider using a unified treatment method. Allergic rhinitis is the first symptom that appears, and then it develops into asthma under the influence of allergens, environmental factors and other factors. If allergic rhinitis is treated as before, it is no longer enough. Systematic and standardized treatment is needed to completely control its recurring attacks and cut off the path of its development into asthma as soon as possible.

In response to the problem of allergic rhinitis being difficult to treat, which is commonly reported by patients, otolaryngologists point out that the nasal cavity and throat are connected, and the pathogenic bacteria and viruses in the two can cross-infect each other, so to truly cure rhinitis, pharyngitis must be cured at the same time. Only by treating rhinitis and pharyngitis at the same time and killing the pathogenic bacteria and viruses comprehensively and deeply can good results be achieved.