Difference Between Rhinitis and Sinusitis

Rhinitis and sinusitis are two common diseases. Many people often confuse these two diseases and think that they are the same disease. In fact, they are not the same disease. We know that sinusitis includes chronic sinusitis and acute sinusitis. It is a common nasal disease. Generally, there are more patients with chronic sinusitis than those with acute sinusitis.

Whether suffering from rhinitis or sinusitis, patients are in great pain. Fortunately, modern medicine is relatively developed, and many diseases people suffer from can be effectively treated. So, what is the difference between sinusitis and rhinitis? Let's take a look.

There are two main differences between rhinitis and sinusitis:

Difference 1: In anatomy, the nasal cavity is a ventilation cavity between the front and back nostrils, and the inner surface of the nasal cavity is covered with nasal mucosa. Inflammation of the nasal mucosa is rhinitis; while the sinuses are air-filled cavities around the nasal cavity, in the skull and facial bones. There are four pairs of them that are symmetrical, namely the maxillary sinus, frontal sinus, ethmoid sinus and sphenoid sinus. Each sinus has a sinus opening that communicates with the nasal cavity. Through this sinus opening, the nasal membrane and the mucosa in the sinuses continue with each other. Inflammation of the sinuses is sinusitis.

Difference 2: The clinical manifestations of chronic sinusitis are frequent white nasal discharge, yellow purulent nasal discharge after a cold, and decreased sense of smell. The symptoms of chronic rhinitis are nasal congestion or alternating poor ventilation of the two nostrils, and mucous nasal discharge.

Treatment for sinusitis: Qingfei Bidouling. The medicinal materials come from the deep mountains of Miaoling, where the soil is fertile and rich in trace elements, and the medicinal materials produced here are strong in medicinal power. It has been welcomed by sinusitis patients all over the country.

Diet therapy for rhinitis:

Preparation of saline water: Pour 100 ml of water into a bottle, add two spoons of table salt, dilute with boiling water, use a cotton ball wrapped with a toothpick and dipped in salt water to wash the nostrils, then leave the cotton wool in the nostrils temporarily, then either tilt your head back or lie flat, press both sides of the nose with your index finger and thumb, and suck hard to allow the saline on the cotton ball to flow into the nasal cavity.

Patients with rhinitis or sinusitis should go to the hospital for treatment in time, drink less and smoke less in daily life, it is best to quit smoking and drinking, get angry less in daily life, maintain a good mood, and also strengthen physical exercise, improve physical fitness, and improve their resistance to disease.