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'''Coryza''' is a word describing the symptoms of a head [[Common cold|cold]].<ref>The Faber Pocket Medical Dictionary. Faber and Faber. London & Boston, "first published" 1978.</ref> It describes the [[inflammation]] of the [[mucous membranes]] lining the [[nasal cavity]] which usually gives rise to the symptoms of nasal congestion and loss of smell, among other symptoms. Coryza may not always have an [[infection|infectious]] or [[allergenic]] [[etiology]] and can be due to something as innocuous as a cold wind, spicy food or tender points in the muscles of the neck such as the sternocleidomastoid. It is also a symptom of narcotic withdrawal. Coryza is classically used in association with the "four Cs" of [[measles]] infection: [[cough]], [[conjunctivitis]], [[Koplik's spots]], and coryza.<ref>Kempe,C. H. Current Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment. Appleton & Lange, 1987.</ref>


==Causes==
*[[Common cold]]
*[[sinusitis]] 
*[[vasomotor rhinitis]]
*[[Measles|the measles]]
*[[allergies]]

==Etymology==
This word may have its roots in the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Koryza'', which is likely to be compounded from "''kara''" and "''zeein''". which are the noun for head and the verb, to boil. Coryza would therefore be a boiling over of the head. According to another source, coryza was an ancient Greek word denoting a fool. According to physician Andrew Wylie, "we use the term for a cold in the head, but the two are really synonymous. The ancient [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] advised their patients to clean their nostrils and thereby sharpen their wits."<ref>{{cite journal | author = Wylie, A, | title = Rhinology and laryngology in literature and Folk-Lore. | journal = The Journal of Laryngology & Otology | volume = 42 | issue = 2 | pages = 81–87 | year = 1927}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Rhinitis]] - another word for this set of symptoms
*[[Feline coryza]]

Treatment:
Treatment of coryza depends on etiology.  Coryza from a [[common cold]] improves over 3-7 days.  Symptomatic treatment of the cold can be obtained from saline nasal irrigation, nasal sprays, decongestants, or antihistamines.  Coryza from [[allergic rhinitis]], benefits from saline nasal irrigation, antihistamines, or an inhaled nasal steroid.

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