SMJ articles in the category "Rhinitis"

Review Article

Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Management of Rhinitis

Rhinitis affects >20% of the population and is a common reason patients visit their primary care physician. Proper therapeutic intervention initially requires differentiating rhinitis from acute and chronic rhinosinusitis. After establishing rhinitis as the etiology of a patient’s symptoms, a careful, thoughtful history and physical examination aids the cause. Rhinitis…

Posted in: allergic rhinitis 3 Rhinitis 2

Expired CME Article

Rhinosinusitis

History, physical examination, and allergy testing may distinguish the syndromes of rhinitis, classified as allergic, infectious, perennial, nonallergic, and miscellaneous. All may be associated with sinusitis, probably on the basis of obstruction of the osteomeatal complex. Although topical nasal steroids are useful in the treatment of all forms of rhinitis,…

Posted in: Rhinitis 2 sinusitis 5
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