Rhinitis - an inflammation of a mucosa of a nose. Distinguish an acute and chronic rhinitis. The acute rhinitis can be independent disease or a sign of acute infectious diseases (a flu, a diphtheria, etc.). As contributing factor the frigorism serves mainly, less often the reason can be mechanical or chemical borings.

Signs, current. In the beginning the easy malaise, sensation of dryness in a nasopharynx, an itch in a nose is marked. Nasal respiration is complicated, appear a dacryagogue, the olfaction decreases, the timbre of a voice changes, are observed plentiful liquid allocation from a nose. In the further of allocation become mucopurulent, at disturbance of an integrity of fine blood vessels - bloody. The inflammation of a mucosa of a nose can extend and on other departments of respiratory ways, and also on nearby nasal sinuses, the lacrimonasal channel, an acoustical pipe, a drum-type cavity.

Chronic catarral (simple) rhinitis. The reasons: the tightened or repeating acute rhinitis; long influence of various stimuluses - chemical, thermal, mechanical; a boring of a mucosa of a nose a purulent secret at diseases about nasal sinuses; a long circulatory disturbance in a mucosa of a nose (heart diseases, myocardites, nephritises, an emphysema, bronchiectasias, endocrine diseases).

Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis - consequence of a chronic catarral (simple) rhinitis. Usually develops as a result of long influence of adverse factors (a dust, gases, an improper climate, etc.). The reason of disease often happens chronic inflammatory process in nearby nasal sinuses or adenoides. It is characterized by growth of a connecting tissue mainly in places of a clump of a cavernous tissue (the forward and back extremities of the bottom and average nasal conchas).

The chronic atrophic rhinitis can be caused by adverse climatic conditions, the professional harmfulnesses, often repeating acute rhinitis, infectious diseases, surgical interventions in a nose. Signs, current. Sensation of dryness in nasal cavities, dropping of an olfaction; nasal bleedings are frequent.