Talk:nasal obstruction

The terms nasal congestion and nasal obstruction
Wikipedia has the terms nasal congestion and nasal obstruction as synonyms.(Nasal congestion). However, Merck Manual Home Edition has them as two distinct concepts, as follows from this quotation:


 * The most common symptoms of chronic sinusitis are nasal obstruction, nasal congestion, and post-nasal drip.

The definition of nasal congestion specifies the inflammation of the blood vessels as the cause. I have defined nasal obstruction as an obstruction without specified cause, which is consistent with certain definitions of "nasal obstruction" found on the web. A refinement and/or sourcing of the definition is still needed.

--Daniel Polansky 09:08, 22 June 2008 (UTC)