Clinical profile of patients with atrophic rhinitis: descriptive study

Abstract

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Atrophic rhinitis is a chronic nasal disease, characterized by a triad of symptoms, namely foul odour, atrophy of nasal mucosa and crusts formation. The understanding of the pathophysiology and the management of atrophic rhinitis has long been a vexing problem for the treating clinician<span lang="EN-IN">. Hence some authors have recommended adopting a capsular dissection technique in order to avoid these complications. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This present study was conducted in the Department of E.N.T, in which all the cases diagnosed as primary atrophic rhinitis and who were willing to undergo this surgery during the study period were taken for the study. Totally 20 patients were included for the study. Patients with secondary atrophic rhinitis were excluded<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In our study foul smelling nasal discharge and falling of crusts were the most commonest presenting symptoms which were present in all 20 patients (100%). The other presenting complaints were loss of sense of smell in 19 patients (95%), nasal obstruction in 16 patients (80%), bleeding from nose in 9 patients (45%), headache in 9 patients (45%) and maggots in 2 patients (10%)<span lang="EN-IN">. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The incidence of atrophic rhinitis is more in low, less in middle and nil in high socio economic status group of patients and smelling nasal discharge and falling of crusts were the most commonest presenting symptoms<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p>

The Role of the Bacterial Infections of the Nose in Etiology of Primary Atrophic Rhinitis

“…Although the exact cause of primary atrophic rhinitis is unknown , many patients were found to have chronic bacterial infection of the nasal mucosa and sinuses due to a large number of organisms. 2 The most common organism is Klebsiella ozaenae. but other causative organisms include Coccobacillus foetidus ozaenae, Bacillus mucosus, Diphtheroids, Bodetella pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Proteus species.…”

Primary and secondary atrophic rhinitis: a microbiological and histopathological study

“…1 The etiology of chronic rhinitis is still controvertible and its etiopathogenesis is explained by few theories. 2 Atrophic rhinitis is a common condition in tropical countries like India China etc., but significant decline in the incidence was observed in North America, some parts of Europe. 3,4 Atrophic rhinitis can be classified as primary and secondary.…”