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I was looking into nasal discharge and coryza rubrics - daughter's cough is easing but now a burning nasal discharge (transparent) and sneezing has developed.

I always thought coryza and discharge were more or less interchangeable, but then I came across:
Nose; CORYZA; general; discharge; with, fluent (K327, G275, G278) (262) : ACON.1058, All-c., Am-c., Arg., Ars.Bng, Bell.Bng
Nose; CORYZA; general; discharge; without, dry (K327, G276) (169) : NUX-V.Schm, Calc.Bng, Caust.Bng, Chin., Phos., Samb.Bng

Yasgur seems unclear, saying coryza can refer to the whole common cold symptom complex, but can also refer to nasal discharge. So... which one is it? Does anyone have any wisdom to share?

Vera
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Hee-hee, yeah, and then there's catarrh...
Here are some definitions posted some time back:
From: Lynn Cremona >
To: >
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: RE: [H] different symptoms
Taber's 1943 second edition

Catarrah
Inflammation of mucus membrane.
see: Blennorrhinia, coryza, rheum, rhinitis

it then goes on to describe catarrah- dry, epidemic, gastric etc.

Coryza
a cold in the head; an acute catarrhal inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane.

I also have a very old (undated) Pocket Glossary of Medical Terms by James Wylde, London

Catarrah
increased secretion of mucus from the membranes exposed to the action of the air, as those of the nose, bronchiae;common catrrah is a cold; and an epidemic catarrah is recognised popularly as influenza.

Coryza
a catarrah, but especially that of the head, attended with inflammation of the membrane of the nostrils; commonly "cold in the head"

Lynn
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So one source says that catarrh just refers to "inflammation" of mucus membranes; the other says it refers to excessive discharge from those membranes. But they do seem to agree that coryza refers to a "cold in the head", inflammation of nasal passages. And yes, it can be inflammation with or without discharge.

Shannon