The difference between rhinitis and cold

summary

My brother caught a cold just last week, but he had a runny nose the day before yesterday. I don't know if he caught a cold again, or the last cold was not good, or it caused rhinitis. Later, I went to know a lot about the difference between rhinitis and cold. Now I will tell you the difference between rhinitis and cold.

The difference between rhinitis and cold

First, cold, also known as cold and wind, is a common exogenous disease caused by wind evil invading human body. The clinical manifestations were nasal congestion, cough, headache, chilly fever and general discomfort. The disease can occur all year round, especially in spring.

Secondly, the main symptoms of allergic rhinitis are nasal itching, frequent sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion and other symptoms, which can disappear by themselves or after treatment. But clinicians should pay attention to these symptoms are not necessarily allergic, allergic rhinitis patients are often accompanied by symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis, such as itching eyes, tears and so on.

In addition, inflammation of the mucous membrane of maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus, frontal sinus and sphenoid sinus is called sinusitis. Sinusitis is a kind of nonspecific inflammation of nasal mucosa, which is a common and frequently occurring disease in rhinology. It can be confirmed by X-ray examination and blood routine examination

matters needing attention

When we understand the difference between rhinitis and cold, we need to pay attention to the following: cold, feeling exogenous pathogens, fever, chills, head and body pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, throat itching and cough. Cold is a kind of self-healing disease