If you have these two symptoms, your rhinitis may turn into sinusitis!

Rhinitis and sinusitis are both common nasal diseases, often with symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion and headache. Because the symptoms are similar, many people find it difficult to tell the difference between the two.

As a result, the situation of "rhinitis has long turned into sinusitis, but we are still using the old method to solve sinusitis" will occur. This will result in the wrong medicine and cause the condition to worsen!

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Qingbitang: What is the difference between rhinitis and sinusitis?

Simply put, the difference between rhinitis and sinusitis is mainly the location of the lesions. Rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa, and sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinus mucosa.

The paranasal sinuses, also known as the paranasal sinuses, are some air-filled cavities in the bone walls surrounding the nasal cavity, all of which have sinus openings that connect to the nasal cavity. There are four pairs of paranasal sinuses, namely the frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, sphenoid sinus and ethmoid sinus.

The sinuses and nasal cavities are connected, and the surfaces of the sinuses and nasal cavities are covered with a layer of nasal mucosa. If the nasal cavity is regarded as a corridor, the sinuses are the four pairs of rooms on both sides of the corridor, and the nasal mucosa is the carpet that runs from the corridor to the rooms.

This is why rhinitis and sinusitis are always mentioned together. Both rhinitis and sinusitis are inflammations of the nasal mucosa, and the nasal mucosa extends from the nasal cavity to the sinuses. When the nasal mucosa of the nasal cavity becomes inflamed, it will inevitably spread to the sinuses and cause sinusitis.

Because the sinuses are located deeper, rhinitis usually occurs first and then sinusitis, and sinusitis is often caused by the spread of rhinitis to the sinuses due to long-term untreated inflammation.

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Qingbitang: What are the symptoms of sinusitis?

Everyone knows the symptoms of rhinitis, including nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, etc. Sinusitis also has these symptoms, and because the sinus structure is different, there are some special symptoms, the most typical of which is headache.

The main reason for nasal congestion during rhinitis is that the blood vessels on the nasal mucosa become congested and dilated, and at the same time, the nasal mucosal cells become swollen with water, causing the nasal mucosa to swell and occupy the nasal passage, causing nasal congestion.

When sinusitis occurs, the nasal mucosa in the sinuses will also swell, especially the nasal mucosa at the sinus opening, which will occupy the sinus opening passage and even completely block the sinus opening. The snot in the sinuses cannot escape and will accumulate more and more, and the pressure in the sinuses will also increase, so the pain in the sinus position will become more and more obvious.

Moreover, when the sinus opening is blocked, the pain is dull. When sinusitis attacks severely, the headache will be particularly intense, so painful that you will see white light in front of your eyes, and even experience convulsions and vomiting.

In addition, the nasal discharge from sinusitis is particularly thick and dark in color, yellow or green, and is mostly purulent and even has a foul odor.

Therefore, if you have nasal discomfort, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, accompanied by headaches and thick and smelly nasal discharge, you may have sinusitis.

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Qingbi Hall kindly reminds you: Whether it is rhinitis or sinusitis, its harm should not be underestimated. Therefore, if you suffer from rhinitis and sinusitis, you should go to Qingbi Hall in time for scientific treatment!

Reference: Panpan's Heavy Cavalry Regiment "If you have these two symptoms, your rhinitis may have turned into sinusitis"