Sleep-disordered breathing is a spectrum of breathing abnormalities related to increased airway resistance that includes snoring, the upper airway resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Some studies showed rhinitis might result in sleep-disordered breathing. Many patients with rhinitis report their symptoms disturb sleep, leading to fatigue, daytime sleepiness, memory deficits and so on. Nasal obstruction is considered to increase airway resistance and results in sleep-disordered breathing, and rhinitis-related inflammatory cells and mediators are also thought to result in sleep-disordered breathing. Surgical and non-surgical treatment of rhinitis can improve sleep-disordered breathing. The concurrence of rhinitis also needs to be checked in patients with sleep-disordered breathing.