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" Question I have rhinitis all year round but my nasal sprays don&amp;#039;t seem to be working. It is getting so bad now that I can&amp;#039;t sleep properly.  My asthma nurse thinks that I may have nasal polyps and has referred me to an ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialist.   Answer Thanks for your email about perennial rhinitis (year long runny nose). For mild symptoms, your current treatment of a corticosteroid nasal spray (Beconase) and a local antihistamine nasal spray (Rinolast) would normally keep symptoms under control. It is strange that your problems have become worse lately, despite on-going therapy. You might like to try using regular chromoglycate in the form of a nasal spray also, since this works in a different way to the other two and may be beneficial when used in combination with them. If your rhinitis is particularly watery, try a local anticholinergic such as Rinotec to see if this improves your symptoms. Clearly, you cannot carry on when things are so bad that you are not able to sleep properly. Your asthma nurse could well be right that you have developed nasal polyps, since these benign growths from the lining of your nose will frequently cause obstruction of airflow, chronic infection and discharge. They are often present in people who have an allergic rhinitis and are developing response to long-term antigenic stimulation. Perhaps you are allergic to house dust or the house dust mites which live within it, and the population of these creatures has increased in your house for one reason or another. You could easily be tested for allergy to house dust and mites, and if you are strongly reactive, you could consider buying special covers for your bed linen, pillows and mattress, which would reduce exposure to these allergens. You could also replace carpets with wooden floors to reduce dust, and swap soft furnishings such as curtains for blinds. An ENT specialist can confirm whether polyps are present. If they are, their surgical removal together perhaps with an operation to strip out the inflamed lining of the nose could improve your symptoms dramatically. I wish you well in following all this up. Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team   Other Qs &amp;amp; As Asbestos Autumnal rhinitis &amp;amp;#8211; what can help? Breathing problems with rhinitis Can young children get hayfever? Hay fever and sneezing during pregnancy Hay fever tablets in pregnancy Hay fever in pregnancy: what can I do? Hay fever medicine while pregnant I always sound like I have a cold, even when I&amp;#039;m well I am pregnant and suffering from allergic rhinitis I&amp;#039;m allergic to antihistamines. What are the alternatives? I&amp;#039;m desperate for something to help my allergy I&amp;#039;m trying for a baby &amp;amp;#8211; can I still take hay fever drugs? Is there an injection for hay fever? Pregnant and sneezing What are the risks of hay fever injections? When are injections used in hay fever? Will Chinese medicine help my daughter&amp;#039;s hay fever?   Last updated 01.02.2011 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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