NOSE Flashcards

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_______ rhinitis- often called allergies or hay fever, occurs when your immune system overreacts to particles in the air that you breathe-you are allergic to them. PALE OR BLUE

A

Allergic

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__________ rhinitis is a chronic nasal condition with unknown cause. It is characterised by the formation of —thick dry crusts—- in a roomy nasal cavity, which has resulted from progressive wasting away or decrease in size ( atrophy ) –THINNING–of the mucous nasal lining ( mucosa ) and underlying bone.

A

Atrophic

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The common cold, also called ______rhinitis, is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans.

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viral

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