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What's good for a stuffy nose caused by turbinate hypertrophy besides flonase?

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Dr. Jay Park answered

Running a humidifier or OTC saline spray into nostrils should help relieving symptom.

Dr Bhuvaneswar agreed

Answered 1/10/2023

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Is there any benefit from using otravin nasal spray and fluticasone to alleviate nasal turbinates hypertrophy?

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Covid caused me to have Turbinate Hypertrophy. It's been like this for a month. I never had this before. ENT told me to use Flonase for 6 weeks. Been using it for 2 weeks with no results. Can this go away on it's own over time?

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I never had Turbinate Hypertrophy until I had Covid back in October. I am still stuffed up. I have been to two different ENT's and was told to use Flonase by one and Xhance by the other. Neither works. What can be the cause of this condition?

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Which is safer, fluticasone formetrol or propionate? For nasal turbinates hypertrophy.

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Since my Turbinate Hypertrophy has been caused by COVID, is there something other than Flonase or Xhance I can use to relieve the inflammation? I am 2 months post COVID and I am still stuffed up?

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