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Spring blossoms, everything recovers, a spring is full of joy, but for some people, every spring, the nose is very uncomfortable, light nasal congestion, nose itching, sneezing continuously, heavy even affect sleep or child growth and development... Guo Liangfen, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Guangdong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, reminded the public that if the nose is "uncomfortable" in the spring, then it can be noted that it may be suffering from allergic rhinitis.
Experts explain that allergic rhinitis, a non-infectious inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa, is one of the common allergic diseases. In the spring, the main seasonal allergic rhinitis occurs, with a more urgent onset. Clinically, symptoms such as nasal itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, and watery nose are the mainstay, which can be accompanied by symptoms such as itchy eyes and cough, and some can also be accompanied by decreased sense of smell.
Spring nose discomfort, how to alleviate?
Spring Festival is coming, how to relieve people with allergic rhinitis when their noses are uncomfortable? Guo Liangfen believes that there are three main points to pay attention to:
1. Avoid contact with allergens
Common allergens that cause allergic rhinitis include dust mites, animal hair and secretions, fungi, pollen, etc. In general, outdoor allergens cannot be completely avoided, and indoor allergy principles can be avoided. Therefore, for patients who are often exposed to high concentrations of indoor allergens, after environmental assessment, many measures can be used to avoid contact with allergens: such as those who are allergic to dust mites, because dust mites are mostly present in bed sheets, quilts, pillows, mattresses, carpets, air conditioners, plush toys, etc., therefore, people who are allergic to dust mites should pay attention to cleaning household items frequently, maintaining home environmental hygiene, reducing indoor relative humidity, and maintaining indoor dry ventilation. People who are allergic to cat hair and dog hair should have less contact with pets.
For people who are allergic to pollen, they can wear a mask when going out, or they can use antihistamines, mast cell membrane stabilizers, and nasal glucocorticoids for preventive treatment about 2 weeks before pollen spread. In addition, in terms of diet, fish, shrimp, crab and other foods are more likely to cause allergies, therefore, in the process of eating should pay attention to observation, once an allergic reaction occurs, attention should be paid to temporarily avoid allergens, etc., in order to reduce the risk of allergic diseases in the later stage.
2. Use drugs correctly and normatively
Some allergens, such as dust mites, want to completely avoid is difficult, some patients or inevitable onset, then need to be under the guidance of doctors through the correct and standardized use of drugs, in order to achieve better symptom control. However, some parents are very resistant when they hear that they want to take medicine, thinking that rhinitis is not a big problem, and it is good to endure.
Is this really the case? Not really! In fact, rhinitis is delayed again and again, for children in development, it may lead to changes in facial development, in addition, because rhinitis when the nose is not smooth, it will also affect the quality of children's sleep at night, which in turn will affect the child's growth and development and intellectual development.
3. Nasal irrigation
Nasal saline or seawater flushing is a safe and simple treatment, often used as an adjunct to inflammatory diseases of the nasal cavity and sinuses, and has become more and more accepted in recent years, and is also very suitable for infants and young children. It can remove nasal irritants, allergens and inflammatory secretions from the nose by using normal saline or hypertonic saline or seawater to reduce nasal mucosal edema and improve the function of mucociliary clearance.
4. Enhance self-resistance
Allergic diseases are a kind of immune system diseases, when the human immunity is better, you can reduce the inflammatory response, so that rhinitis can be relieved, on the contrary, when the immunity is poor, rhinitis is more likely to attack, therefore, usually pay attention to appropriate exercise, healthy diet, strengthen nutrition, ensure adequate sleep and pleasant mood, but also can make allergic rhinitis to be effectively alleviated. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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