The type of surgery I had was Septoplasty, Turbinate Reduction and Concha Bulloosa surgery I feel somewhat better but I am still feeling congested. Not a lot of mucus but just a pressure feeling in my sinuses on the sides of my nostrils. I am doing nasal rinses twice a day, and just started back on Flonase and Astelin. Is it normal to still feel congested at times? Seems to get worse with extreme temperature changes such as coming from outdoors into the cold air conditioning.
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Septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery are performed intra-nasally, usually there are no external nasal incisions or sutures. It is always wise to check with your surgeon since there are rare exceptions to this. Recovery after routine septoplasty and...
Cartilage does have memory but it is difficult to perform exercises to correct this memory along the septum. I have patients with subtle external deviations after rhinoplasty perform exercises to manipulate the outside of nose in the first 3 months. Afterwards I do not think it...
An in office examination with an ENT physician should determine whether or not you would benefit from a septoplasty. There are other structural abnormalities that can occur within the nose leading to difficulty breathing or a persistent runny nose. The ENT should be able to...
