We\u2019ve all had one of those days when our\nnoses feel congested and blocked up with watery secretions and nasal discharge!\nBut what if your blocked and runny nose keeps on happening everyday and just\ndoesn\u2019t seem to go away? Itchy eyes and itchy nose are also some common\nsymptoms of nasal allergy or allergic rhinitis, in addition to the blocked nose\nand runny nose. Sneezing is a typical sign of nasal allergy problems too. At\nour busy ENT Clinic in Singapore, our experienced ENT doctors in Singapore see\nmany patients who suffer from blocked nose and runny nose, often caused by\nallergic rhinitis (nasal allergies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having\na nasal allergy means that your nose is super sensitive to things around you in\nthe environment so that your nose reacts in an exaggerated manner, leading to\nswelling of the sausage-shaped soft tissue (turbinates) inside your allergic\nnose. The nasal lining then produces a lot of watery mucus which can flow down\nthe back of your nose to irritate the throat to cause a cough or sore throat,\nliterally a \u201crunny nose from the back\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nnumber one reason for nasal allergies (allergic rhinitis) to develop is a\nreaction to house dust mite (HDM), a tiny creature which lives in the layers of\ndust around your house. In fact, it\u2019s actually the house dust mite\u2019s droppings\nwhich often trigger people\u2019s nasal allergies, leading to sneezing, runny nose,\nblocked nose, itchy eyes and itchy nose. So if your nasal allergy symptoms keep\nflaring up, the wise thing to do is to have an allergy test to test for house dust\nmite allergy, in addition to many other common allergy triggers, such as\npollen, grass, cat and certain moulds. The allergy test can be performed either\nas a skin prick allergy test or an IgE blood test at our ENT clinic in\nSingapore. The results allow our ENT doctors in Singapore to guide you towards\nsublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) which aims to desensitise your body and nose\nagainst the house dust mite so that a longterm cure for allergic rhinitis is\nnow potentially possible. SLIT wasn\u2019t readily available in ENT clinics in\nSingapore more than a decade ago but is now commonly used to treat house dust\nmite nasal allergy problems in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So\nstop ignoring your nasal allergy problems by saying it is \u201cnormal\u201d: It clearly\nISN\u2019T normal to constantly suffer a blocked nose and runny nose so please head\ndown to your friendly ENT clinic in Singapore to have your nose carefully\nexamined, as well as have an allergy test done!<\/p>\n
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We\u2019ve all had one of those days when our noses feel congested and blocked up with watery secretions and nasal discharge! But what if your blocked and runny nose keeps on happening everyday and just doesn\u2019t seem to go away? Itchy eyes and itchy nose are also some common symptoms of nasal allergy or allergic rhinitis, in addition to the blocked nose…
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