How to differentiate between Allergic Rhinitis and Non Allergic Rhinitis - Dr. Gayatri S Pandit скачать в хорошем качестве

How to differentiate between Allergic Rhinitis and Non Allergic Rhinitis - Dr. Gayatri S Pandit

The cardinal symptoms of allergic rhinitis are watery nose, nasal congestion, post nasal drip, pruritus, that mean the itching of the nose and sneezing. Now it is triggered by an allergen. In a patient who has non allergic rhinitis, will carry all these symptoms, but without an allergic etiology. So non allergic rhinitis is a diagnosis of exclusion, that after doing the allergy test, you do not find any allergens to be the cause for it. There are different forms of non-allergic rhinitis, one is intrinsic rhinitis or vasomotor rhinitis, which triggers for the weather changes or triggers such as perfumes, agarbati smells, or can be an emotional trigger. Another kind or a hormonal rhinitis seen in pregnancy or during the menstrual cycle. Another is the rhinitis of the elderly that is rhinorrhea or runny nose only of the elderly. One is the gestational rhinitis, which occurs only while they are eating. The pruritis and sneezing which is the hallmark of the allergic rhinitis will be lesser in non-allergic rhinitis is on a lesser grade. Also the profounding factors as the conjunctivitis and the allergic asthma is on a lesser side for the non-allergic rhinitis.