How to check nasal polyps

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Nasal polyp is a common disease of the nose. It is a mass on the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses mucosa. It often occurs in the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and the top of the nose. Nasal polyps are not real tumors, but are often the result of nasal mucosal edema caused by allergic reaction and chronic sinusitis. How to check nasal polyps to tell you.

How to check nasal polyps

First: rhinitis is one of the most common nasal diseases, which is more common in acute rhinitis caused by cold drugs. Of course, in addition to the common cold can cause rhinitis, the other is allergic rhinitis caused by allergic reaction.

Second: no matter what type of rhinitis, may appear sneezing, runny nose symptoms. Allergic rhinitis is related to the allergens in the air. The drugs used to treat common cold are ineffective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis is usually accompanied by nasal itching, runny nose, red eyes and other phenomena.

Third: there is another common nasal disease is nasal polyps, as the name suggests, is a long nasal polyps, litchi shaped, patients often have a lot of nasal secretions, olfactory decline, can evolve into sinusitis, hearing loss and even tinnitus, the harm is greater than rhinitis.

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Nasal polyps can be diagnosed by nasal endoscopy, while patients with rhinitis will not have polyps by nasal endoscopy, which is the typical difference. In addition, nasal polyps and nasal distending pain are symptoms that patients with rhinitis do not have.