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What should I do if I suffer from rhinitis? What is the best way to treat it?

First of all, it is a very wrong concept to cure rhinitis completely. It is impossible to completely cure any disease; rhinitis will reoccur when the immunity is weakened or infected with bacteria or viruses. Rhinitis is an inflammatory disease of the nasal cavity, which is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa caused by viruses, bacteria, allergens, various physical and chemical factors, and certain systemic diseases. Treatment methods include the following: systemic treatment, which targets the cause and systemic symptoms. If combined with bacterial infection, antibiotics can be used to treat the disease, rest more, drink more water, and improve immunity. In addition, there are traditional Chinese medicine treatments. Applying the nasal decongestant ephedrine to the nose with nasal fluid can shrink the nasal mucosa, relieve nasal congestion, and improve drainage. However, such drugs should not be used continuously for more than 7 days; nasal glucocorticoids It can locally reduce the inflammatory response of the nasal mucosa and relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion. It has low bioavailability and few systemic side effects; it can be used for nasal irrigation with normal saline or hypertonic seawater. If medical treatment is not effective, surgery may be possible.