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Vasomotor rhinitis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Rhinitis - non-allergic; Idiopathic rhinitis

Symptoms:

Runny nose
Sneezing
Watery nasal drainage (rhinorrhea)

Signs and tests:

The doctor will ask you about your symptoms, when they occur, and what seems to trigger them.

You will also be asked about your home and work environment. The doctor may look inside your nose and see that the tissues lining the nose are swollen due to inflamed blood vessels.

Blood tests to determine your total serum IgE and total circulating eosinophil count may be ordered.

Nasal mucosa

Reviewed last on: 1/5/2009
Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Wallace DV, Dykewicz MS, Bernstein DI, Blessing-Moore J, Cox L, Khan DA, et al. The diagnosis and management of rhinitis: an updated practice parameter. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Aug:122(2).

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