Sneezing After Rhinoplasty, Self-Care If You Have Allergies

Allergies affect people of all ages and genders, and more people have them every day because of today’s environment, including pollution, pets and poor ventilation. Although allergies are not usually a serious illness, they can still cause a lot of worry. If you have allergies, the key to reducing symptoms is avoiding places or situations that trigger them, especially if you are allergic to food, medicines or insects, as contact with a trigger or taking it into the body may also be life-threatening.

Common Types of Allergy

• respiratory allergies
• skin allergies
• eye allergies
• allergies that cause a whole-body reaction

Nasal allergies in particular have increased more than 10 times in both children and adults, and respiratory allergies often cause a runny nose, blocked nose, sneezing and coughing, so people with allergies may wonder

Can You Have Nose Surgery If You Have Allergies or Sinus Problems?

If you have allergies, you can still have nose surgery, but look after yourself well after rhinoplasty. Take your medicines strictly as prescribed by the doctor, otherwise you may get a lot of mucus, which can make the wound wet and slow to heal.

Self-Care After Rhinoplasty If You Have Allergies

1. Choosing symptom-relief medicines from the right group:
   • Medicines the doctor does not recommend after rhinoplasty if you have allergies are allergy medicines that cause drowsiness, such as:
     • chlorpheniramine (CPM)
     • Sulidine. Medicines in this group can make mucus quite dry and hard, which can block the nostrils.
   • Medicines the doctor recommends
     • non-drowsy medicines such as Telfast, Aerius and loratadine, which reduce mucus and can also slightly reduce tissue swelling
     • medicines that cause mild drowsiness, such as Zyrtec and levocetirizine
2. Get plenty of sleep and rest to help your body recover and to help keep symptoms under control while you are awake.
3. Use a supportive pillow, a high pillow or a neck pillow so mucus does not run onto the wound while you sleep.
4. Gently clean the wound with a cotton bud dipped in saline.
5. If you need to cough or sneeze, try to support your nose with your hand and avoid sneezing hard.
6. Avoid triggers and places that set off your allergies, such as very dusty places.
7. If you have a runny nose and need to blow it, blow gently and use a cotton bud to gently dab mucus inside the nose.

When you have allergy symptoms, you can also consult a pharmacist about a non-drowsy or drowsy antihistamine.

Allergies are not a dangerous condition, but before rhinoplasty tell the doctor about your symptoms so they can assess you and give the right advice

Want Rhinoplasty but Have Allergies?