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Rhinitis Causes
Aka: Rhinitis Causes- See Also
- Causes: Allergic Rhinitis (50%)
- Seasonal Rhinitis 35%
- Perennial Rhinitis 15%
- Allergic Occupational Rhinitis
- Lab animal exposure (e.g. rodents)
- Grains
- Coffee beans
- Wood dust
- Causes: Non-allergic Rhinitis (50%)
- See Chronic Nonallergic Rhinitis
- See all categories below
- Common causes of Non-allergic Rhinitis
- Viral Rhinitis (most common)
- Vasomotor Rhinitis 35%
- Nares Syndrome 10%
- Drug-Induced Rhinitis 5%
- Causes: Non-allergic Trigger related Rhinitis
- Drug-Induced Rhinitis
- Rhinitis Medicamentosa
- Nonallergic Rhinitis (Eosinophilia Syndrome)
- Exercise-induced Rhinitis
- Gustatory Rhinitis or other food reactions
- Vasomotor Rhinitis
- Emotional Rhinitis
- Irritant Rhinitis
- Irritant Occupational Rhinitis
- Chemicals
- Cleaning supplies
- Organic solvents
- Formaldehyde
- Sulfur
- Aerosols
- Chemical Dependency
- Causes: Infectious Rhinitis
- Viral or Bacterial Infection
- Acute Sinusitis or Chronic Sinusitis
- Causes: Endocrine-related Rhinitis
- Hypothyroidism (may cause obstruction)
- Estrogen-related Rhinitis (Hormonal Rhinitis)
- Physiologic Rhinitis of Pregnancy
- Treat with Nasal Saline
- Menstrual Cycle
- Oral Contraceptives
- Physiologic Rhinitis of Pregnancy
- Causes: Mechanical Rhinitis
- Atrophic Rhinitis
- Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Deviated nasal septum
- Hypertrophic turbinates
- Nasal Polyps
- Foreign body
- Nasal Tumor or Sinus Tumor
- Congenital Choanal Atresia
- Meningocele
- Adenoids
- Variants of osteomeatal complex
- Cerebrospinal fluid leak (cranial or facial Trauma, intranasal surgery)
- Causes: Medical Condition related Rhinitis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Benign and malignant tumors
- Cerebrospinal fluid Rhinorrhea (esp. unilateral)
- Immunodeficiency
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (previously known as Wegener's Granulomatosis)