Is rhinitis the same as sinusitis

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With the change of social environment, the air pollution is getting worse. Now many urban people have nasal diseases such as rhinitis. In addition to external reasons, they often have excessive fatigue, malnutrition, lack of vitamins and other nasal habits. There are many kinds of nasal diseases, including hypertrophy of u turbinate, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, and so on, which can also lead to sinusitis Many people want to ask what is the difference between rhinitis and sinusitis. Let me talk about it. I hope it can solve your confusion.

Is rhinitis the same as sinusitis

First: in anatomy, the nasal cavity is a ventilation cavity between the anterior and posterior nostrils. The inner surface of the nasal cavity is covered by nasal mucosa, and the inflammation of nasal mucosa is rhinitis. The nasal sinuses are four pairs of air containing cavities around the nasal cavity and in the skull and facial bone, which are symmetrical. They are maxillary sinus, frontal sinus, ethmoid sinus and sphenoid sinus, and each sinus has a sinus opening connected with the nasal cavity The mucous membrane of mouth, nasal cavity and sinuses continue each other, and the inflammation of sinuses belongs to sinusitis.

Second: the clinical manifestation of chronic sinusitis is often white glaze nasal discharge, yellow pus nasal discharge after a cold, and olfactory decline. And the symptom of chronic rhinitis is nose is not ventilated or two nostrils appear alternately ventilated not smooth, have mucous nose.

Third: the treatment of sinusitis: qingfeibidouling. The medicine comes from the deep mountains of Miaoling. The soil is fertile and the trace elements are abundant. The medicine is powerful. It is welcomed by patients with sinusitis all over the country.

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Sinusitis refers to some air cavities around the nasal cavity between the skull and facial bone, such as maxillary sinus, frontal sinus, sphenoid sinus and so on. Sinusitis refers to the suppurative reaction caused by pyogenic cocci infecting the nasal mucosa. This sinusitis can be divided into acute and chronic.