Is this normal and when is it time to worry that this may be permanent? I have been on flonase for 9 days and don't have really any relief. My PS, a very qualified rhino expert and ENT specialist, has seen me and told me everything is well, just a lot of swelling. Seriously having the hardest time managing this clogged feeling and I'm so miserable. I can't really feel any substantial improvements; what I do notice I attribute to the Flonase maybe?
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It is not unusual for a surgeon to start you on a nasal steroid spray, such as Flonase, after a septorhinoplasty. Oftentimes following nasal surgery, there is significant swelling of the inner lining of the nose, the septum and the turbinates. Not only does a nasal steroid help reduce...
I would follow the instructions of your ENT surgeon. It is possible that you developed them during the healing process and they could be from when you underwent anesthesia. They should resolve in time. Any surgical procedure that you are put to sleep with a breathing tube can result in oral ulcers.
The septoplasty is designed to straighten the inside nose to improve the ability of one to breathe from the nose - a little known fact however is that the entire tip of the nose sits on the septum - if your surgeon violates the tip supporting structures when doing the septal repair, then it is...
