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I have trouble breathing through my nose but my doctor says it looks normal and I don't need a rhinoplasty. What should I do? Could my doctor be wrong?
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See a nose specialist if you have rhinoplasty breathing problems
You should make an appointment with a board certified Otolaryngologist (ENT). Tell them your history, have them examine your nose, and give you a diagnosis of why you are having breathing problems. You may have allergies, enlarged inferior turbinates, nasal septal deviation, collapse of your nasal valves, polyps, or some other obstruction that is causing your difficulty with breathing.
If you do need surgery to correct your breathing, internal surgery should correct your obstruction without...
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Reasons for poor nasal breathing
I am not sure who examined your nose and gave you that advice, but I would imagine that something is being missed if you have subjective symptoms of nasal obstruction.
I am not sure that a Rhinoplasty is what you need for functional improvement. It is more likely that septal surgery or turbinate surgery would address your breathing concerns.
Nasal performance is a complicated interplay of tissues within and outside the nose. In some patients, a very small problem can lead to significant...
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Rhinoplasty isn't always the answer to nasal obstruction
Nasal obstruction is a complicated issue that is all too often ignored or attributed to “allergies,” “sinuses,” or to a “deviated septum.” Here at Profiles we often have patients who present to us who have been previously evaluated by other physicians who were unable to determine the cause of nasal obstruction.
We always begin by explaining that it is important to understand that nasal obstruction is a subjective sensation and that it occasionally does...
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I have performed Rhinoplasty for over 20 years and this is a perfect example of a time that a patient needs in person consultations. Breathing issues best addressed with a Septoplasty and Rhinoplasty would be deviated septal cartilage and or bone or enlarged turbinates. Nasal examination would determine whether, or not, these were present.
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Trouble breathing.
There are a lot of reasons why we have difficulty breathing. Generally speaking we can think of difficulty with breathing as either a medical or surgical problem. It behooves you to get examined by a physician trained in allergy, or general medicine to evaluate your problem initially. If it appears that yours is a problem of physical obstruction or distortion of your airway, they can direct you to a physician who can resolve your problem by a through examination, diagnosis and...
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Trouble breathing through nose and nose surgery
Difficulty breathing through your nose can be due to numerous causes. You may have a deviated septum, valve issues, or turbinate hypertrophy. If you are seeking correction of any external disproportion to your nose, you should seek a surgeon that can treat both the nasal airway and appearance of the nose. Good luck.
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If your nose looks fine on the outside, you probably do not need a rhinoplasty. Reasons for a blocked nose include a deviated septum, nasal allergies, turbinate hypertrophy, nasal polyps, chronic sinusitis or rarely nasal tumors. I recommend seeing an Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat) Specialist to help determine what treatment you need. Your insurance is likely to pay for this consultation and treatment, unless you decide to have a cosmetic procedure such as a rhinoplasty.
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Breathing trouble from nose
Rhinoplasty may be done for strictly cosmetic reasons but there also may be functional reasons. You may have obstruction inside your nose that can be corrected with a septoplasty or turbinate reduction or both. You may have sinus obstruction in which case you would need to have that managed. You may have allergies and that would also be managed in a different setting. You should see an ENT or facial Plastic Surgeon to evaluate your nose if you feel that your nasal breathing is not...
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