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What Causes Nasal Drainage And Dryness While In An Air-conditioned Room?
Question: why does my nose drain when I'm the ac?
Brief Answer:
Ac dries the mucosa and makes it more fragile.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for using HCM to posting your question.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding it right. Do you mean air conditioner but "ac'?
If thats the case, than the bleeding happens because the air conditioner dries the air and the nose mucosa dries too, which makes it more prone for the mucosa to be fragile and get damaged, damaging at the same time the superficial blood vessels.
In your age is is uncommon to have other serious medical conditions. So this is the most logical explanation. You can use Vaseline from time to time, applying it with a cotton tip inside your nose, so it will keep it moisturized.
Anyway, if the bleeding continues to happen often, make sure to have it cheched so the local doctor sees if there is any wound that causes the bleeding, any ulcer or rule out other possible causes.
Hope this is helpful.
Let me know if you need more clarification. Otherwise please close and rate the question.
Take care,
Dr. Papaqako
Ac dries the mucosa and makes it more fragile.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for using HCM to posting your question.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding it right. Do you mean air conditioner but "ac'?
If thats the case, than the bleeding happens because the air conditioner dries the air and the nose mucosa dries too, which makes it more prone for the mucosa to be fragile and get damaged, damaging at the same time the superficial blood vessels.
In your age is is uncommon to have other serious medical conditions. So this is the most logical explanation. You can use Vaseline from time to time, applying it with a cotton tip inside your nose, so it will keep it moisturized.
Anyway, if the bleeding continues to happen often, make sure to have it cheched so the local doctor sees if there is any wound that causes the bleeding, any ulcer or rule out other possible causes.
Hope this is helpful.
Let me know if you need more clarification. Otherwise please close and rate the question.
Take care,
Dr. Papaqako
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Yes I do mean air conditioner that is used to make the room cold. Also my nose doesn't bleed it just starts to drain and I have to keep getting up like every hour or 45 mins to go and blow my nose.
Brief Answer:
Allergic or non allergic rhinitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up question and the clarification.
From what you are describing it looks like a rhinitis caused either by an allergy from the allergic microscopic bugs that gather in the air conditioner inverter, or can be a non allergic rhinitis from the changes of the air flows speed, called vaso-motor rhinitis.
--In both cases the treatment is by using a nasal spray, for at least one month like ipratropium bromide (0.03 percent) nasal spray.
--Daily nasal lavage or nasal saline sprays can also be useful.
--An oral decongestant, such as pseudoephedrine, can be added to the treatment, like a usual dosing of pseudoephedrine is of 30 or 60 mg orally, up to three times daily on symptomatic days.
Of course there are other forms of treatment, but I would recommend using them only if the nasal drain bothers you so much, because every drug has its own side effects.
As many as 50 percent of patients presenting with rhinitis may have the nonallergic form, either alone or in combination with allergic or other forms of rhinitis.
I hope I answered your question. But let me know if you have further ones.
Regards,
Allergic or non allergic rhinitis
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for the follow-up question and the clarification.
From what you are describing it looks like a rhinitis caused either by an allergy from the allergic microscopic bugs that gather in the air conditioner inverter, or can be a non allergic rhinitis from the changes of the air flows speed, called vaso-motor rhinitis.
--In both cases the treatment is by using a nasal spray, for at least one month like ipratropium bromide (0.03 percent) nasal spray.
--Daily nasal lavage or nasal saline sprays can also be useful.
--An oral decongestant, such as pseudoephedrine, can be added to the treatment, like a usual dosing of pseudoephedrine is of 30 or 60 mg orally, up to three times daily on symptomatic days.
Of course there are other forms of treatment, but I would recommend using them only if the nasal drain bothers you so much, because every drug has its own side effects.
As many as 50 percent of patients presenting with rhinitis may have the nonallergic form, either alone or in combination with allergic or other forms of rhinitis.
I hope I answered your question. But let me know if you have further ones.
Regards,
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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