• The Laryngoscope · Nov 2000

    Autonomic nervous system evaluation of patients with vasomotor rhinitis.

    • S S Jaradeh, T L Smith, L Torrico, T E Prieto, T A Loehrl, R J Darling, and R J Toohill.
    • Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226-9796, USA.
    • Laryngoscope. 2000 Nov 1; 110 (11): 1828-31.

    ObjectiveTo demonstrate the utility of quantitative neurological laboratory testing of autonomic nervous system dysfunction and to apply this methodology to further study the relation of chronic vasomotor (nonallergic) rhinitis to the autonomic nervous system.MethodsIt has been suspected that vasomotor rhinitis is due either to a hyperactive parasympathetic nervous system or an imbalance between it and the sympathetic nervous system. The exact relation has not been determined. Recently neurological laboratories have been developed in which a battery of tests can be performed to determine reactivity of the autonomic nervous system.ResultsAutonomic nervous system testing was performed on 19 patients with symptoms fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for vasomotor rhinitis and the results were compared with 75 sex- and age-matched control subjects. Patients with vasomotor rhinitis had significant abnormalities of their sudomotor, cardiovagal, and adrenergic subscores. Their composite autonomic scale score was significantly impaired at 2.43, as compared with 0.11 for controls (P < .005).ConclusionAutonomic nervous system dysfunction is significant in patients with vasomotor rhinitis. Possible factors that trigger this dysfunction including nasal trauma and extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux are discussed.

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