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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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