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By Mayo Clinic staffTry these tips to help reduce discomfort and relieve the symptoms of nonallergic rhinitis:
- Rinse your nasal passages. Use a specially designed squeeze bottle, such as the one included in saline kits (Sinus Rinse, others), bulb syringe or neti pot to rinse your nasal passages. This home remedy, called nasal lavage, can help to keep your nose free of irritants. When used daily, this is one of the most effective treatments for nonallergic rhinitis. Use water that's distilled, sterile, previously boiled and cooled, or filtered using a filter with an absolute pore size of 1 micron or smaller to make up the irrigation solution. Also be sure to rinse the irrigation device after each use with similarly distilled, sterile, previously boiled and cooled, or filtered water and leave open to air dry.
- Blow your nose. Regularly and gently blow your nose if mucus or irritants are present.
- Humidify. Set up a humidifier in your work or sleep location. Or breathe in the steam from a warm shower to help loosen the mucus in your nose and clear your head of stuffiness.
- Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of liquids, such as water, juice or noncaffeinated tea. Avoid caffeinated beverages, which can cause dehydration and aggravate your symptoms.
References
- Lieberman PL. Chronic nonallergic rhinitis. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed May 6, 2010.
- Fletcher RH, et al. Patient information: Nonallergic rhinitis (runny or stuffy nose). http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed May 11, 2010.
- Tips to remember: Rhinitis. American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. http://www.aaaai.org/professionals/resources/pdf/rhinitis1998.pdf. Accessed May 11, 2010.
- Groves M, et al. Diseases of the head and neck. In: Bope E, et al. Conn's Current Therapy. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/book/player/book.do?method=display&type=bookPage&decorator=header&eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-6642-2..00003-X--sc0060&uniq=200610332&isbn=978-1-4160-6642-2&sid=996342451. Accessed May 11, 2010.
- Balkissoon RC, et al. Allergic and nonallergic rhinitis. In: Mason. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/100043154-3/727557488/1288/368.html#4-u1.0-B0-7216-0327-0..50043-4--cesec4_2479. Accessed May 13, 2010.
- Naegleria FAQs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/faqs.html. Accessed Dec. 30, 2011.
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