Nasal polyps, as the name suggests, are a lot of meat in the nose. But it is not just a long piece of meat. Nasal polyps are a kind of disease that causes benign tissue in the nasal cavity. It is the result of long-term inflammatory reaction of the nasal mucosa causing tissue edema. The harm of nasal polyps is not only to make breathing poor, but also to cause nasal congestion, headache, tinnitus, decreased sense of smell and other symptoms.
If you do not treat nasal polyps in time, it will lead to a variety of complications, such as pharyngitis, bronchial asthma, secretory otitis media, sinusitis, cardiopulmonary disease, inverted papilloma, intranasal meningeal bulging, etc. Timely treatment of nasal polyps is prone to complications such as nasal septal hemorrhagic polyps and polypoid polyps after maxillary sinus. In severe cases, nasal polyps may cause nasal malignant tumors.
So how do you judge whether you have a nasal polyp?
1 persistent nasal congestion
The nasal congestion is due to the inability of the blood in the nasal capillaries to flow normally. The patient may have the following symptoms caused by nasal congestion, decreased sense of smell, occlusive nasal sounds, sleep snoring and mouth breathing. In the long run, chronic pharyngitis may also be caused.
2 nasal secretions
In the early stage of nasal polyps, the nasal cavity will always secrete the nose. The nose is thicker and may even contain purulent substances.
3 frog nose
The frog nose is usually caused by nasal polyps. If the nasal polyps are not treated in time, the polyps will grow longer and longer until the entire nasal cavity is filled. The nose will be deformed by the nasal polyps, which will affect the normal breathing of the patient. If the treatment is not timely, the nasal cavity will be deformed. Become a frog nose, affecting the appearance of the patient.
The above mentioned the symptoms of nasal polyps, now let us see how nasal polyps are treated?
If the nasal polyps are not very large, they can be controlled by drug therapy. If the drug treatment is ineffective, functional endoscopic sinus surgery can be performed. Functional endoscopic surgery is superior to nasal polypectomy. For multiple Or recurrent polyps can be treated with conventional surgery.
In fact, we can prevent nasal polyps by various means.
Wash your face with cold water. After the nose is stimulated by cold water, the pores will shrink and the blood vessels will open. Prevent colds. Increase or decrease clothes according to seasonal changes, stop smoking and alcohol, prevent dust, toxic gas pollution. Recover after a cold, long-term cold If you don't heal, it is very easy to cause nasal polyps. Pay attention to diet, reduce the intake of greasy foods in diet prevention, avoid eating cold, fish and shrimp, etc., quit smoking and alcohol, avoid spicy food. Get rid of bad habits, 抠The nose can seriously damage the nasal mucosa, thereby aggravating nasal polyps.
