What medicine can be used to reduce nasal edema?

The nose is the entrance for human breathing and is generally a multifunctional regulator. The nose has a purifying effect on the inhaled air. If edema occurs in the nasal cavity, it is mostly caused by bacterial infection. It is very important for us to protect our noses. If you want to use medication for nasal edema, you must first find out the cause. There are many reasons for nasal edema. Only after finding out the cause and treating the disease symptomatically can we effectively recover.

1. Treatment methods

Find out the cause and treat it accordingly. For those with severe nasal congestion, you can use drugs such as neostigmine as nasal drops to constrict blood vessels and relieve congestion. Frequent bleeding can be treated with procoagulant drugs such as vitamin K. The available varieties include ephedrine, furacillin-ephedrine nasal drops, naphazoline nasal drops (Bi Yan Jing), oxymetazoline nasal drops (Bitong, Didong), and xylometazoline nasal drops (Nuotong, Tiancheng Nuoer). Use 1 to 2 drops at a time for nasal instillation, 3 to 6 times a day. However, after nasal drops, there may occasionally be a transient burning or dryness in the nasal cavity, and rare reactions such as increased blood pressure, headache, dizziness, and increased heart rate. Therefore, intermittent administration is advisable, with an interval of 4 hours between each administration. It is contraindicated for children, patients with hypertension, and patients with hyperthyroidism; drivers or workers working at heights should not perform their duties within 4 hours after taking the medicine. Be sure to use the medicine under the guidance of a professional physician and do not purchase medicine on your own for long-term use.

2. Health Guide

1. To treat nasal mucosal congestion, you can use self-nasal massage techniques. Use the index and middle fingers of both hands to massage the bridge of the nose at the inner corner of the eye, from top to bottom once, for a total of 80 times; use the middle finger to rub about 1 cm on both sides of the nose, and massage in a circular motion, for a total of 70 times; use the index, middle, and ring fingers of both hands to massage the center of the eyebrows at the same time, and then massage outward along the eyebrows to the temples on both sides, for a total of 60 times. Massage can be repeated, once in the morning, noon and evening. It can effectively prevent the occurrence of rhinitis and improve the condition of chronic rhinitis. This can also improve the symptoms of nasal congestion.

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2. Eat food that is easy to digest and absorb. Avoid eating raw, cold food, smoking, drinking, spicy and stimulating food. All of these are helpful in treating nasal congestion.

3. Increase physical exercise and choose medical exercises, Tai Chi, Five Animal Exercises, table tennis, sword dancing and other activities. Persistent exercise can enhance physical fitness and improve the body's resistance to disease. Starting from summer, insist on washing your face and wiping your nose with cold water to increase your ability to resist cold. When it is cold or the climate changes drastically, you should avoid catching cold and wear a mask when going out. Try to find out the causative factors of nasal congestion and prevent and treat nasal congestion in time.

4. Do not blow your nose forcefully when you have a stuffy nose, so as to avoid rupturing the nasal capillaries and causing congestion of the nasal mucosa. It can also prevent bacterial mucus from entering the nasopharynx and causing otitis media.

5. Wash the nasal scabs with warm water, and then use a cotton swab dipped in raw honey to apply to the congested area of ​​nasal mucosa, once a day, until the nasal cavity is painless or itchy, there is no secretion or scab, and the sense of smell is restored.