Ciliary Dysfunction
Causes
- Immotile cilia syndrome.
- Prolonged exposure to cigarette smoke.
- Common cold viruses causing URI.
- Increased viscosity of mucus.
- Medications.
Diseases Slowing Ciliary Function
- Allergic and nonallergic rhinitis.
- Rhinosinusitis.
- Aging rhinitis.
- Cystic fibrosis.
- Any disease causing obstruction or crusting of the mucosa.