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Wise et al.

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TABLE III.C.

Differential diagnosis of allergic rhinitis *

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Types of rhinitis a • 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. a 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.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol . Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 June 10.