If the nose is stuffed up with a cold, no one is surprised. But, if the nose is stuffed up, and there is no allocation - what is it? The cause must be determined in the office of the ENT doctor, who is also prescribe adequate treatment. After such congestion can be a sign of serious diseases in the developing organism. What? Let's investigate.
The human nose - an important respiratory organ speaker, including the role of natural "filter". He moistens inhaled air mixture warms it, free of dirt and foreign organisms.
Complete the activities of our nose could be broken for various reasons. And first of all because of the cold. However, if there is no discharge in the process of breathing through the nose and may malfunction due to congestion. But why? For example, because "broke" mucus production. Or adventitious agents in the nasal mucosa is not there.
Nasal: other reasons
The main "neprostudnym" reasons that formed nasal congestion, specialists include:
- vasomotor rhinitis, vascular tone causes a disturbance (resulting in wrong vessels respond to external stimuli, causing swelling without secretions);
- a deviated septum;
- small foreign objects lodged in the nose;
- the air is too dry;
- benign nasal polyps, overlapping strokes and prevent normal air circulation;
- adenoid vegetations or otherwise enlarged tonsils;
- rhinitis medicamentosa (as a result of uncontrolled use of drops, narrows vessels);
- allergies;
- inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, namely, frontal sinusitis, sinusitis, and sfenoidity etmoidita, which almost always occurs accompanied by edema and congestion;
- injury of mechanical origin;
- cardiovascular diseases;
- benign tumors as well as malignant.
To diagnose the cause of nasal congestion, runny nose without you is unlikely to succeed. There simply need expert help. Physician ENT hold full examination of the nasal cavity, to identify the source of a unpleasant symptoms, and the results will assign treatment.
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