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Nasal Polyp
Nasal Polyp
It is a painless non-cancerous growth inside the lining of the nose and paranasal sinuses. They are immovable and can become pedunculated on sneezing.
It is seen as a glistening, shining grape-like growth which is pale in colour. A Nasal polyp has no sensation, no pain, and no bleeding. A Nasal polyp may be multiple or bilateral too.
Types of Nasal polyp
There are two types of nasal polyps which includes the Bilateral ethmoidal polyp which arises from the Ethmoid sinus and the Antrochoanal polyp which begin from the maxillary sinuses. They are unilateral and less common.
Causes of nasal polyp
Most of the causes include chronic rhinitis, asthma, aspirin intolerance and sinusitis. The nasal polyp is mostly caused due to the collection of fluids within the nose and they continue to swell forming a Polyp.
Symptoms of nasal polyp
Symptoms include Nasal congestion, nasal stuffiness, loss of smell and taste, complete or partial loss of smell, Headache due to pressure, sinusitis and sneezing, snoring, watery thin discharge and pain in the upper teeth region.
Treatment for nasal polyp
Our ENT Doctors in Coimbatore usually follows conservative treatment by giving Steroids for the application. In severe cases, surgery (polypectomy)is done by surgeons using the most advanced surgical instruments in our ENT Hospital in Coimbatore for the removal of the polyp.
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