I wonder, are you starting to feel the autumn wind? When autumn and winter come, many people's noses are always dry, and some friends even feel uncomfortable and will wake up by their noses when they sleep. The nose is dry and uncomfortable, not only is it blocked, but it also causes blood scabs and . It hurts as soon as you press it. How to relieve it?
1. If the nose is just dry and there is no other discomfort, it may be caused by the environment. The simple dryness of the nasal cavity is usually related to air humidity, air quality, etc. When dry air passes through the nasal cavity, it will take away moisture from the nasal mucosa; when air containing pollutants passes through the nasal cavity, the pollutants are filtered and stay in the nasal mucosa, which will stimulate the nasal mucosa to produce an inflammatory reaction.
This repeated stimulation may cause nasal dryness in mild cases, while in severe cases, nasal bleeding may occur and rhinitis .
2. In addition to environmental factors, some nasal diseases can also cause nasal dryness
① Acute rhinitis : This is commonly known as cold
In the early stage of a cold, the nasal cavity will usually be dry and burning. As the disease develops, nasal congestion, clear watery nose, sneezing and other symptoms gradually appear. When the recovery period comes, the clear watery snot gradually transitions to mucous snot.
Acute rhinitis is a self-limiting disease and generally does not require special treatment and will improve on its own in a few days.
If you are really uncomfortable and want to improve nasal dryness, you can drop cod liver oil nasal drops into the nasal cavity, or use saline/physiological seawater nasal spray to keep the local mucosa moisturized.
② Drug-induced rhinitis : There are two situations:
- Long-term use of nasal decongestants, such as naphthazoline hydrochloride nasal spray, hydroxymetazoline hydrochloride nasal spray, ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops, etc.
- long-term use of some systemic drugs, such as resepine , phentolamine, aspirin, alprazolam, etc.
In the early stage of drug-induced rhinitis, nasal congestion and runny nose often occur. In the later stage, due to the loss of mucosal epithelium, the mucosal secretion function is damaged, the secretion is reduced, and the nasal cavity is dry.
For the treatment of drug-induced rhinitis, the first thing to do is to stop taking drugs that cause drug-induced rhinitis, and use saline/physiological seawater or glucocorticoids to spray nasal to improve the function of the nasal mucosa.
3. If disease factors are excluded, you can pay more attention to the following points in daily life, which can protect nasal mucosa :
① Steam fumigation nose: If the nose is dry and painful, there is a quick adjustment method: pour a cup of hot water, inhale hard towards the mouth of the cup, and use water vapor to fumigate the nasal cavity. Each time is 5 minutes, once in the morning and once in the evening, which is conducive to alleviating symptoms. Drink more water in daily life to strengthen body circulation regulation.
② Clean the nasal cavity: Use normal saline to rinse the nasal cavity to relieve nasal dryness. You can also choose to spray nasal spray with physiological seawater nasal cavity to achieve the effect of moistening the nasal mucosa. Be careful not to wash it directly with tap water.
In addition, you can try some nasal moisturizing products, but do not apply erythromycin ointment, pacifier, etc. into your nose. Because the nasal mucosa is very "fragile", these products are not specifically targeted for dry nasal cavity and cannot be guaranteed to be safe. erythromycin is antibiotic , which will cause bacteria to resist drugs. Do not use it without infection.
③Open humidifier: The indoor humidity is high and the nose will be much more comfortable, especially in the dry seasons in winter, spring and autumn. For people who often sit in the office, office buildings are on warm air for a long time and are not breathable in winter, which often leads to respiratory discomfort. It is recommended to put a small humidifier on the table. If you don’t have a humidifier at home, you can also put a basin of clean water indoors to increase humidity.
④ Dietary conditioning: Eat more vitamin C foods in winter, which will help prevent nasal dryness and bleeding. It is recommended to drink honeysuckle tea , chrysanthemum tea or Houttuynia cordata. Eat more vitamin-rich foods such as grapefruit, oranges, apples, kiwi fruit , tomatoes, vegetables, etc., which can produce salivation and moisturize dryness.Try to eat light foods and eat less greasy, spicy and irritating foods.
If none of these measures can relieve the symptoms, you should go to a regular hospital in time to avoid small problems causing big trouble.
Reference:
[1] Wang Qian. Dry nose bleeding, the focus is on moisturizing [J]. Healthy Life, 2021(02): 61.
