What should I do if I can’t tell the difference between a cold and allergic rhinitis?

The leaves gradually turn yellow, and the weather becomes cold and dry. Various respiratory diseases and viral infections follow one after another. Among them, the most prominent ones are colds and allergic rhinitis!

When it comes to allergic rhinitis and colds, the symptoms of the two are very similar, so they are the easiest to confuse. However, if you mistake rhinitis for a cold, it will aggravate the condition and even induce multiple diseases!

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Qingbitang: How to distinguish rhinitis from cold?

Sneezing frequency: People with allergic rhinitis sneeze very frequently, sometimes a dozen or dozens of times in a row, while people with a cold only sneeze occasionally.

Runny nose: The runny nose of allergic rhinitis is mostly watery, and a large amount of mucus will flow out when you sneeze. The runny nose of a cold is clear watery or thick yellow mucus.

Itchy nose: Allergic rhinitis causes severe itching in the nasal cavity and throat, while a cold will not cause itchy nose symptoms.

Nasal congestion: Allergic rhinitis can cause long-term nasal congestion, especially affecting sleep. However, a cold will get better as the cold gets better.

Eye symptoms: Allergic rhinitis can cause symptoms such as itchy eyes and conjunctival congestion, while colds do not cause eye symptoms.

Systemic symptoms: When allergic rhinitis occurs, eye symptoms or diseases such as asthma often occur, while a cold is accompanied by fever and general weakness.

Contagiousness: Allergic rhinitis is not contagious, but colds are clearly contagious.

Course of disease: Allergic rhinitis is usually long-term. Patients who are allergic to pollen will see significant improvement after the pollen season ends. Colds usually last 3-7 days.

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Qingbitang: How to prevent autumn rhinitis?

Nasal cleaning should be scientific: first blow your nose gently, then wash your nose with cold water. This will not only enhance the disease resistance of the nasal mucosa, but also help to remove bacteria and viruses lurking in the nose. Practice has shown that daily nasal washing is very effective in preventing rhinitis.

Enhance body immunity: Strengthen physical exercise. Improve physical fitness, enhance body resistance, and avoid colds that cause rhinitis. Do not exercise outdoors too early or too long in the morning. Wash your face with cold water every morning to enhance the ability of the nasal mucosa to resist cold and disease. Open windows frequently to ventilate the room. At the same time, you should also pay attention to increasing the intake of nutrients and eat more vegetables and fruits.

Keep warm: pay attention to keeping warm, pay attention to climate change, and add warm clothes, pants, scarves, gloves, shoes and hats in time when it gets cold. Wear a mask when going out, especially when facing the wind, which not only has a good effect on maintaining the humidity of the nasal cavity, but also can prevent colds and other diseases.

Bad habits should be changed: change bad habits such as picking your nose and cutting your nose hair, eat less spicy and irritating food, avoid blowing your nose too hard, etc.

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Qingbi Hall kindly reminds you: The temperature drops sharply in autumn, and the number of viruses increases, which is very easy to induce colds and rhinitis. Therefore, once the above symptoms appear, you should go to Qingbi Hall in time for scientific solutions!