I have had a very difficult time with cardio based activities for years now. When doing cardio, I resort to mouth breathing as it is extremely rare I can breathe through my nose when I’m exercising. I always feel like one of my nostrils is completely obstructed. I have a hard time getting quality sleep. I can be asleep for 7,8 or 10 hours and I will still wake up feeling as if I barely rested. I saw an ENT last weekend and after receiving the CT scan they said I have a slightly deviated septum, enlarged turbinates and an air pocket in one of my turbinates. They recommended a Septoplasty + Turbinate Reduction. My question is, how likely is this to improve my breathing during cardio based activities? How likely is it to help the other symptoms I described? If it is not highly likely, I’d rather not do the procedure. Thank you in advance.
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I think this is a good question to ask your physician. Sometimes, we place silicone septal splints in somebody's nose to help keep it straight, while it heals for two weeks. I am not aware of utilizing permanent sutures that would need to be removed 6 to 9 months after septoplasty surgery. Thank...
Most people have some inward movement of the alar creases when they breathe in firmly. If somebody has the ability to dilate their nostrils with their nasalis muscles, one will often do this to prevent this collapse. In general, when there is external nasal valvular collapse, a breathe right...
You didn't mention in your narrative how long this noise has been present when you breathe through your nose. You are corrected a nasal septal perforation can cause nasal whistling, and sometimes it's just due to turbulent airflow due to somebody's normal internal nasal Anatomy. It's good that...
