Rhinitis
Rhinitis is inflammation of the nasal mucous
membranes and can be of various types (Table 39.2). A clinical diagnosis of
rhinitis can be made if a patient has two or more of the following symptoms:
anterior rhinorrhoea, postnasal catarrh, nasal obstruction, nasal itch or
irritation, and sneezing. The management of these conditions is determined
largely by the type of rhinitis and the predominant symptom and lies within the
province of the otolaryngologist, seldom requiring surgery and therefore not
referred to further in this chapter.