Experiences In The Treatment Of Vasomotor Rhinitis

Abstract

Vasomotor rhinitis is the syndrome of a number of allergic and non-allergic disturbances on the mucosa of the nose. Consequently, before the treatment it is essential to find the real cause and remove or cure it. In our experience, specific densibilization is successful in monovalent sensibility and desensibilization with histamine in certain cases of physical allergy. The component part of our treatment in secondary infection must always be the curing of the sinuses, either by local treatment or conservative surgical treatment. In some cases the focus in the sinuses may be the source of bacterial allergy. Local treatment of the mucosa of the nose is the component part of our general treatment. Pure vasoconstrictors should be avoided because of the inverse reaction. Vasoconstrictors with an antihistamine principle and cortisone should be applied. In cases where our conservative treatment proves unsuccessful, dissection of the vidian nerve either unilaterally or bilaterally should be considered.