TIL about Gustatory Rhinitis, AKA the phenomenon of getting a runny nose after eating spicy foods
The burrito bowl I got for lunch today was a bit too spicy for me. Afterwards, my nose got very runny. It’s not the first time this happened, so I decided to look it up. Lo and behold, there is a term for this!
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20502728/Open linkView original on lemmy.world145
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"Rhinorrhea". Literally diarrhea for your nose. TIL.
Compare gonorrhea. The Rhea is from Greek 'flowing', it's origin of the flow differs.
This is why I have to save Vietnamese food for like the twelfth date
Pho would be the first date and it's usually only spicy if you make it that way. ;)
A runny nose can also be caused by reflux, particularly if it happens after food that is not spicy such as fatty foods or big meals. It's often overlooked because it's not the typical heartburn symptom.
because the acid irritates the nasal passages too, causing hypersecretion.
So that's likely why I get a runny nose lately when I eat pizza or Jersey Mike's.
Yep I was in the same boat for years, runny nose or coughing and feeling sick mostly after eating out. Just powered through it thinking it was this or me just having a week stomach. Eventually figured out that reflux meds like Gaviscon helped and then had a gastroscopy and was diagnosed with Laryngopharyngeal reflux... Took years to put 2 and 2 together because I never got 'heart burn'. Hopefully not as serious for you!
Omeprazole is my best friend.
Another related term I learned recently is exercise-induced rhinitis. I get that once or twice a year after jogging outside when there's a lot of pollen in the air
That sounds like pollen induced rhinitis.
also its a symptom of ashtma, ahstma isnt just wheezing and bronchial spasms, its also the rhinitis.
It's an allergy. It can trigger inflammation in upper airways, in the lower, or both. When you have asthma, that inflammation usually means fun times. My sister had this exact combo (pollen and fungal spores allergy, rhinitis, asthma). It's rough.
You can also get runny nose from exercise through Post-Exertional Malaise
I get a runny nose in cold weather without fail, like 5°C or less, it gets all red too, it's pretty embarrassing and makes me put on extra concealer I'd prefer to go without. Anyone else?
That's normal. So is getting a runny nose after eating spicy food or during exercise. People just want to feel special so they make up stuff like this.
Which "people"? The scientists whose jobs are to study how our bodies work? Or the posters who learn something new and think, "People on Lemmy might like this to know this too"? Either way, sharing knowledge is what helps people learn that what they experience is normal.
But hey, good on you for already knowing something. Feel free to take a sticker from the bin.
If it's cold my nose is like a leaky faucet.
My nose also runs nonstop if I'm tired enough, which is embarrassing and disgusting. Like I will literally just have snot dripping out of my nose if my hands are full and I'm not constantly blowing or wiping it. I feel like a toddler.
I think it's pretty common and it turns out it's just condensation.
So if I need to win a hotwing hotsauce challenge with something as satan as magnum 357 or sneaky like a carolina reaper sauce, I just need to drop a fuckton of Benadryl and smoke a pack before the competition so at least my runny nose won't give me away failing.
Besides I like bumming smokes from the Hat Man
I'm eating spicy food every day for over a decade now and still get a runny nose almost every time.
I get this, but it doesn't last that long after I finish eating so I just blow my nose once and it's done. Would suck to have this be something that lasts a while after eating though.