| A patient once had asked to a doctor about what | | | | immune system, it can exacerbate to sinusitis, |
| did he need to do to take good care of his nose. | | | | asthma and Otitis Media with Effusion (OME). This |
| The doctor simply and straightforwardly replied to | | | | disease can easily spread through body to body close |
| the patient that what was more important was what | | | | contact especially hand to hand contact, sneezing |
| not to do to your nose. Bad habits such as | | | | mucous and saliva droplets. To recover from this |
| nose-picking, sniffing, rubbing, blowing the noses hard | | | | disease, infected person only needs to keep warm, |
| or stuffing things such as tissue and handkerchiefs up | | | | rest and take a lot of warm water. According to |
| to the nostril can do a lot of harm to your nose. | | | | most of the resources, there is no cure for common |
| Generally, nose will take good care by itself. | | | | cold. However, doctor usually prescribes antibiotic, |
| Physiologically, when we breathe in air in our lung, | | | | anti-fever drug and anti-cough syrup to the patience. |
| nose will warm, clean and humidify it. When we | | | | Most of the medical doctor will also include a few |
| breathe out the air from our lung, it will cool and | | | | supplements such as vitamin C, zinc and Echinacea. |
| remove the water from the air. Besides using for | | | | Prescribed antibiotic by the doctor is not for treating |
| breathing, nose is also the organ of smell and allows | | | | the common cold virus. This is because antibiotic is |
| us to speech with a quality voice. Anatomically, a | | | | not capable to kill virus. However, it can kill bacteria |
| layer of skin covers the external part of the nose. | | | | that take advantage during the infection of cold |
| Appearance of the nose is maintained by a complex | | | | viruses. |
| network of bone and cartilage. Its function and shape | | | | Allergic rhinitis is also known as sensitive nose. |
| may be altered if its complex network of bone and | | | | Symptoms of this disease are continuous sneezing, |
| cartilage has been damaged by either trauma or | | | | nasal congestion and runny nose. The symptoms |
| infection. | | | | emerge only when one has been exposed to certain |
| Internal part of the nose contains respiratory mucous | | | | allergens such as house dust-mite, pollen, fungi, |
| membranes, paranasal sinuses, nasolacrimal duct and | | | | cigarette smoke, animal dandruff, furs and other |
| nasopharynx. Besides all these sinuses, internal part of | | | | irritating volatile chemicals. Sufferer can take |
| the nose also contains gland that secreting mucous. | | | | anti-histamine tablets to relieve from this disease. |
| Tiny-hair-like-cilia continuously pushes the secreted | | | | Histamine is the main chemical that causes sensitive |
| mucous backwards into the back of our nose and | | | | feeling in the nasal cavity. Nasal sprays contains |
| throat, in order that, mucus does not flow out from | | | | corticosteroid hormone, which helps reduce our body |
| our nostrils. Septum is the partition in the middle part | | | | immune system sensitivity to the foreign antigen, |
| of the internal nose. It is a cartilage, which can be | | | | also can help to relieve the sensitive feeling in the |
| easily fractured. Some people septum has deviated | | | | nasal cavity. Corticosteroid is one of hormone that |
| after born and some deviation may due to the | | | | has been secreted from our adrenalin gland. Besides |
| unperceived injury during childhood. This will cause | | | | all these, immunotherapy is also one of the ways |
| blockage on one side of the nose. However, this | | | | that can be used to treat this disease. These |
| deviation can be corrected by an operation. | | | | symptoms also can be alleviated by having regular |
| Contents of mucus are merely a mixture of water, | | | | exercise |
| ions, glycoproteins and immunoglobulins. Mucus can be | | | | Sinusitis is caused by the infection of the bacteria and |
| said as part of the nasal defense system and it | | | | fungi to the paranasal sinuses. This happens when |
| keeps the nose clean and free from bacteria, fungus | | | | bacteria and fungi entering these cavities. Occurrence |
| and viruses. At the roof of the nose, there is | | | | of sinusitis is due to inflammation, nasal polyps and |
| olfactory mucosa, which is responsible for our sense | | | | other nasal anatomical abnormalities that obstruct the |
| of smell. Located at the side and top of the nasal | | | | mucosal outflow. Patient with sinusitis usually feels |
| cavity are the air sacs paranasal sinuses. There are | | | | pain or pressure at the forehead or face. It is quite |
| total four pairs of paranasal sinuses and given name | | | | common that yellowish and greenish mucous will be |
| as maxillary, ethmoid, frontal and sphenoid sinuses. | | | | discharged from your nostril especially in the morning. |
| This is where the mucous has been produced and | | | | One with sinusitis, sense of smell will reduce or not |
| being drained out through the openings called ostium. | | | | that sharp compared to healthy nose. Sinusitis is due |
| Infection that causes obstruction to this mucous | | | | to the bacteria and fungi infection, so, antibiotics can |
| outflow can lead to sinusitis. Conditions that directly | | | | help. However, prolonged and frequent sufferers may |
| and indirectly affect the nose are common colds, | | | | need to go through operation to clean up the nasal |
| allergic rhinitis, sinusitis and nasal polyps. | | | | sinuses. |
| Common cold is a very common disease that | | | | Nasal polyps are a grape-like swellings found in nasal |
| everybody can suffer at one time or another. It is | | | | cavity. They tend to block the air to flow through |
| caused by an infection of self-limiting viral. The | | | | the nasal passage when breathing. Usually, it will |
| symptoms are production of excessive clear mucous | | | | cause production of excessive mucous. Sometimes, it |
| (runny nose), sneezing and nasal congestion. | | | | will obstruct the ostium of the paranasal sinuses and |
| Seriousness of this disease is depending to how | | | | cause the nasal mucous cannot be flowed out easily |
| strong our immune system and also how vigorous | | | | from the paranasal sinuses. This will give rise to |
| the viruses that attack us. If we have a strong | | | | sinusitis. Nasal sprays can control nasal polyps. Some |
| immune system, this disease will not exacerbate to | | | | nasal sprays can make the nasal polyps shrank |
| sinusitis, asthma and Otitis Media with Effusion (OME). | | | | temporarily. However, prolonged use will cause the |
| People with weak immune system will suffer a lot | | | | nasal polyps rebound and become bigger. But if the |
| more. This is because it not only causes runny nose | | | | nasal polyps are big and multiple and cause |
| but also causes inflammation in the nasal passages | | | | obstruction in the nasal cavity, operation is required |
| and sore throat. If this disease does not treat within | | | | to remove them. Unfortunately, they are a recurring |
| a few days for the one who does not have a strong | | | | disease. |