Infectious rhinitis (Viral URI > Bacterial URI)
Allergic Rhinitis
Nonallergic rhinopathy (formerly called Vasomotor rhinitis)
Rhinosinusitis; sinusitis
Rhinitis of pregnancy; other hormone-induced rhinitis
Drug-induced rhinitis (including Rhinitis medicamentosa)
Gustatory rhinitis
Atrophic rhinitis
Ovulatory rhinitis
Senile rhinitis
Occupational rhinitis (allergic and nonallergic)
Mechanical factors: Deviated septum, Nasal polyps, Adenoid hypertrophy, Foreign body, Choanal atresia
Midline granuloma
Nasal tumors
Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
Nonallergic rhinitis with eosinophilia syndrome
Intranasal cocaine
Hypothyroidism
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Sarcoidosis
Cystic fibrosis
Nonallergic rhinitis with eosinophilia
Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak
Medications that cause Rhinitis
Estrogen, progesterone,
Aspirin, NSAIDs,
Clonidine, prazosin, doxazosin, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, thiazides, ACE inhibitors,
Erectile dysfunction drugs,
Amitriptyline, risperidone, gabapentin
Further Reading
Int J Gen Med. 2010; 3: 59–67. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866556/
Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2011 Jul; 3(3): 148–156. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121056/
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2016;79:1-12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27466841