Runny nose begins for a reason. With his help, the body tries to wash all foreign bodies and pathogens. But a protracted runny nose is already a problem. Usually discharge from the nose for a week cease. If the rhinitis does not heal and continues to cause discomfort for two weeks or even several months, then something goes wrong with the body.
Causes of a protracted cold
If you notice that none of the applied methods of treatment do not help cope with the common cold, then it's time to go to the diagnosis and carefully assess the conditions in which you spend most of the time:
- Insufficient air humidity. In the winter, a protracted runny nose can appear precisely because of the excessive dryness of the air in the room.
- Abuse of vasoconstrictors. If treated for too long, the opposite effect is observed, and rhinitis not only does not pass, but it becomes stronger.
- Curvature of the nasal septum .
- Allergy. You may not be cured of the common cold because you are constantly in contact with an allergen. In this case, no ordinary drops from a protracted runny nose will help. Only antihistamines will be effective.
- Growth of lymphoid tissue. Adenoids are mostly diagnosed in children. But sometimes the problem is faced by adult patients.
How to cure a protracted runny nose?
The first thing you need to do is find out what is stopping the treatment. Further therapy may include:
- Flushing. The procedure is carried out with the use of herbal decoctions, sea water, saline solutions. Effective washing with decoction of onion peel. They need to be done twice a day - in the morning and in the evening.
- Physiotherapeutic procedures. UHF , laser therapy, warming up - these procedures are useful for chronic forms of rhinitis.
- Strengthening of immunity. If the illness does not last long, then,
the body can not provide it with adequate resistance, and stimulation of the immune system is required. Vitamin complexes are useful. It is recommended to give up smoking, change the diet. - Antibacterial agents. Antibiotics for prolonged runny nose are prescribed only if it was caused by bacteria.
- Inhalations. Are carried out only when the discharge from the nose is not purulent. For procedures use special drug solutions and prepared home herbal decoctions.