Even the healthiest person at least once in his life suffered from a cold. And very often in such situations we go to the pharmacy and buy drops into the nose, without consulting the doctor. What is it dangerous?
Content
Rubber arises due to the action of microorganisms on the mucous membrane of the nose, which leads to inflammation and exit of the fluid through the walls of the vessels. Displays from the nose appear, in addition, increases in the volume of the mucous membrane due to the leukocytes in it (our protector cells that are trying to cope with inflammation). Because of these changes, it becomes difficult to nose breathing.
Trying to overcome these unpleasant symptoms, we use drops into the nose. And very often we buy naphtizin and similar drugs, starting them uncontrollably use.
What does it lead to
If we carefully read the annotation to the drug and do everything right, there will be no unpleasant consequences, and the runny nose will pass. But long-term use of droplets, repeatedly use their use during the day leads to the occurrence of a vicious circle: a runny nose appears again after a short period of time or a constant disruption of nasal respiration is developing. To speak medical terminology, chronic hypertrophic or atrophic rhinitis develops.
Why is this happening
Almost all drops in the nose are vasoconductors. If we talk figuratively, they act on the mucous membrane of the nose, like a wag. First, they contribute to a decrease in the discharge and improvement of nasal respiration by increasing the lumen in the nasal cavity. But if you constantly beat the wagon, then damage will arise. Here in the nose there is chronic inflammation.
What to do
To make the drops after all, you must adhere to the following rules:
- use drops of soft action, they are now quite a lot in pharmacies. In annotations to such drops it is written that they can be used up to 7 days;
- never apply drops more than a week and more often 3 times a day;
- Do not use drops in young children;
- Try not to engage in self-medication, consult your doctor.
And the best way to avoid unpleasant consequences — cure a runny nose in his first clinical stage. The symptoms in it are as follows: unpleasant sensations, allocating and dryness in the nose, weakness, malaise. As soon as these symptoms have appeared, do the following: take a hot total or foot bath, drink tea with raspberries or milk with honey, look into the blanket and sleep. In this case, you do not have to think about the benefits or danger of droplets, because they just do not need you.
If, after frequent use of the drops, you have unpleasant symptoms after some period of time: it became difficult for you to breathe a nose, you have constant discharge from the nose — Please refer to the ENT doctor. These signs may indicate the presence of chronic runny nose, which may require surgical intervention.
