TABLE III.C.
Differential diagnosis of allergic rhinitis*
Types of rhinitisa |
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• Drug-induced rhinitis |
• Rhinitis medicamentosa |
• Occupational rhinitis |
• Chemical rhinitis |
• Smoke-induced rhinitis |
• Infectious rhinitis |
• Rhinitis of pregnancy and hormonally-induced rhinitis |
• Food- and alcohol-induced rhinitis |
• NARES |
• Vasomotor rhinitis (nonallergic rhinopathy) |
• Age-related rhinitis (ie, elderly) |
• Empty nose syndrome |
• Atrophic rhinitis |
• Autoimmune, granulomatous, and vasculitic rhinitis |
• Rhinosinusitis |
For each of these conditions, the similarities and differences to allergic rhinitis are discussed within each content section.
This table is specific to various etiologies of rhinitis. Structural sinonasal conditions (ie, deviated septum), tumors, and cerebrospinal fluid leak are not listed here. NARES = nonallergic rhinitis with eosinophilia syndrome.