can you tell me about nasal polyps or swollen turbinates?

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How to differentiate between nasal turbinates and nasal polyps?

Answer 1

Different Things: Nasal turbinates are long protrusions of tissue inside your nose that extend from front to back. Everyone has them. In allergies they can swell leading to stuffiness and congestion. This can also occur when you are sick. Nasal polyps are fluids filled sacs that grow in the nose and sinuses and are most often caused by airborne allergens or aspirin allergy. The may need surgery.

Answer 2

Turbs and polyps: Both can be caused by allergies and lead to nasal obstruction. Whether you have either or both can only be determined by physical examination. Be sure to have your nose evaluated by a board certified otolaryngologist.

Answer 3

Allergies: Patients with upper airway allergies, e.g., hay fever, are prone to developing nasal polyps.

Answer 4

Yes: Very common disorder.

Answer 5

No: The incidence of nasal polyps in the US is about 4-5%.

Answer 6

Allergy: Polyps are common in people with upper airway allergy, e.G hay fever.

Answer 7

Very common: Common, see an ENT for treatment.

Answer 8

Not common: The national statistics are between 4 or 5 %. of the population, so nasal polyposis is not common.

Answer 9

Nasal polyps: Incidence depends on age and comorbid conditions like cystic fibrosis. "the overall incidence of nasal polyps in children is 0.1%; the incidence in children with CF is 6-48%. Among adults, the incidence is 1-4% overall, with a range of 0.2-28%." http://emedicine.Medscape.Com/article/994274-overview#a0199.

Answer 10

Uncommon: Nasal polyps are not common in childhood. Can be due to allergic disease or cystic fibrosis.

Answer 11

Fairly uncommon: Nasal polyps are not a common occurrence. If you have or expect that you have nasal polyps, i recommend seeing your physician to discuss possible underlying causes.

Answer 12

Very: 15% of the us population has chronic sinusitis, and nasal polyps.

Answer 13

4-5% of population: It has been estimated that the problem of nasal polyposis occurs in about 4-5% of the population in the US. There also is increasing evidence that there is a genetic background for nasal polyposis.

Answer 14

Conservative vs. sur: Some respond to nasal steroid preparations such as flonase, nasacort (triamcinolone) etc., whereas other are treated with surgical intervention. Let your ENT help you decide on the best treatment option.

Answer 15

See ENT: Options include steroids and surgery.

Answer 16

Removal: Please see your doctor to have these removed.

Answer 17

See your doctor/ENT: Nasal polyps treatment depends on presentation, symptoms and coexisting conditios like allergies and asthma these can be managed most of the times with nasal steroids and sometimes short courses of oral steroid and difficult cases where it is causing obstruction and are bilateral and do not respand to anti allergy meds, decongestants and steroids nasally, surgery may be helpful talk with your md.

Answer 18

See ENT doc: See an ear nose and throat doctor for evaluation of the severity of your problem and treatment options which include observation, medicines and surgery.

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