What to do if you have a dry or runny nose

Modern urbanites suffer from deteriorating physical fitness and diseases due to heavy workload, high pressure in life and lack of exercise. Many people often experience symptoms of dry nose and runny nose, but they think they are common minor illnesses that can be cured by sleeping or taking some medicine. In fact, many serious diseases are caused by people's neglect. Now let me tell you the reasons for dry nose and runny nose.

1. Cold: In the early stage, the discharge is clear water or mucus, and purulent discharge may appear in the later stage of the cold.

2. Chronic rhinitis: The nasal discharge is mostly mucous. The amount can be more or less.

3. Allergic rhinitis: The patient has clear watery nasal discharge in large amounts, accompanied by sneezing and nasal itching. It can occur year-round or seasonally. Patients with allergic rhinitis may have asthma, especially children.

4. Chronic rhinitis: mostly mucopurulent secretions, bilateral or unilateral, accompanied by nasal congestion, dizziness, memory loss, etc. Unilateral sinusitis should be considered odontogenic sinusitis.

5. Nasal polyps may also cause clear nasal discharge, which may be accompanied by purulent nasal discharge when infected. Nasal congestion, dizziness, memory loss, etc. may also occur.

6. Children's secretions are relatively vigorous. If there is no other discomfort, it may be caused by cold air irritating the nasal cavity and no special treatment is required. Unilateral nasal congestion with blood in the mucus may be caused by foreign matter in the nasal cavity.

7. If there is yellow watery discharge, the possibility of a cyst in the sinus should be considered, and a sinus X-ray or CT scan should be taken.

8. If there is blood in the mucus, please refer to the common causes of nosebleeds.

9. Other causes include cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea, atrophic rhinitis, etc. The latter is mainly characterized by dry nasal crusts, thick, scanty and smelly nasal discharge.

10. Dry nose is caused by long-term stimulation from external physical or chemical substances, such as long-term dust stimulation, overheated and dry air, etc. It is more common among workers in cement factories or chemical factories.

If we often have symptoms of runny nose and dry and uncomfortable nose, we should go to the hospital for further examination and treatment. In addition, we can improve our physical fitness and resist the invasion of bacteria by reducing our stress, exercising more, and eating more nutritious foods. Finally, I hope everyone can be healthy.