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Regarding deviated septum/chronic rhinitis, is chronic congestion an appropriate protective immune response to safeguard nasal membranes or is it an overactive response that needs to be treated with flonase/glucocorticoid?
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Question is too vague and broad-based. See ENT
Answered 6/7/2023
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