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Naso (the nose) manometry (blood pressure) is an examination, which measures the flow of rate of the nose. The measure principle is similar to the spirometry. Even the spirometer, to which a special attachment is added, is used.

A healthy nose is clear and a healthy person breathes usually through it (unless he exerts him/herself). If some illness process obstructs or restricts the flow of nasal rate, the patient breathes through the mouth even while resting, which brings many disadvantages (filtration restrictions and humidifying air, mucosa drying, etc.). Detailed information is provided in the chapter on common cold. The nasometry examination enables to objectify the seriousness of the measured numbers and the nasal obstruction. The patient himself does not have to know about the extent of the obstruction and the one, whose nose is obstructed for a longer period of time, usually does not know about it for sure, since he/she is used to it and thinks that everything is all right in the way it is.

While the nasal examination of both nostrils, two small devices with small hollows are inserted into the nostrils. The devices are connected to a tube, which the air flows in both ways, in and out, through. On the other hand, in comparison with the spirometry, the examined person has closed mouth and breathes only through the nose. One device (it looks like a small olive) is bunged up so that it does not allow breathing through the nostril the device is put in. The rate of flow of both nostrils is measured hence after the half time the devices are exchanged. In the same was as during the spirometry, the device records the air rate of flow of both nostrils and judges the congestion values. The examination is used not only for the common cold obstruction diagnosis, but also for the effect of the treatment evaluation. On more time, the patient himself often does not estimate the health improvement extent (“I can breathe through the nose easier”)

The medical finding of the total obstruction is not rare although the examined person does not know about it.

The first examination should be undergone without the medical treatment.