Category: Ear
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Surgery for Sinusitis – FESS
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery FESS is a treatment procedures carried out with the help of rigid nasal endoscopes. Most patients having FESS will only need diagnostic procedures, not a surgical operation. I began FESS operation from 1987 when I started working at the Bahrain Defence Force hospital. One way FESS differs from traditional sinus surgery…
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Saline irrigation of Nose
Saline Nasal irrigation involves flooding the nasal cavity with warm saline solution (salt water). The goal of nasal irrigation is to clear out excess mucus and particulates and moisturize the nasal cavity. Either a fluid-filled syringe or bulb can be used. The practice has been subjected to clinical testing and has been found to be safe…
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How steam inhalation work in sinus problems?
How steam inhalation work in sinus problems? Increased mucociliary activity has been observed with saline irrigation and steam inhalation which seems to achieve faster recovery. In patients of chronic sinusitis disease, the mucociliary activity is known to be impaired. It is found that steam inhalation improved mucociliary activity significantly in chronic sinus patients. Nasal inhalation…