慢性鼻-鼻窦炎与下呼吸道疾病的相关性

慢性鼻-鼻窦炎作为上呼吸道炎症性疾病, 对下呼吸道疾病有重要影响。流行病学和临床研究已证明上、下呼吸道炎性疾病通常合并存在，“联合气道疾病”观点随着研究的深入，逐渐得到医学界的广泛认同。上、下呼吸道各部在解剖结构上延续，组织形态及生理功能上相似，所以炎症发生时可以相互累及。本文就慢性鼻-鼻窦炎与下呼吸道疾病的相关关系及可能机制进行综述，为上、下呼吸道疾病的综合治疗和预防提供理论依据。

Research advances of the correlation between chronic rhinosinusitis and lower respiratory tract diseases

Chronic rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory tract, and has an important impact on the lower respiratory tract diseases. Epidemiological and clinical studies have proved that the upper and lower respiratory tract inflammatory diseases are usually combined. The view of the"united airway disease"is widely accepted by the medical community. The upper and lower respiratory tract are continued in anatomical structure, and have similar morphology and physiological function, so that the inlfammation can be mutually involved. In this paper, the relationship and possible mechanisms between chronic rhinosinusitis and lower respiratory tract diseases are reviewed, which provide theoretical basis for the comprehensive treatment and prevention of upper and lower respiratory tract diseases.