What are the symptoms of nasal polyps?

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Nasal polyp is a common disease, mostly in adults. It mainly occurs in the free edge of middle turbinate, ethmoid sinus, ethmoid bulla, uncinate process of ethmoid bone, semilunar hiatus and maxillary sinus orifice. It is often caused by long-term edema of nasal mucosa, which is the result of many factors. What are the symptoms of nasal polyps? Let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of nasal polyps?

Persistent nasal obstruction. The cause of nasal obstruction is due to poor circulation of capillaries in the nasal cavity, resulting in capillary expansion, causing nasal obstruction, olfactory decline, occlusive nasal sound, sleep snoring and mouth breathing. There may be runny nose, headache, tinnitus, ear tightness and hearing loss. Nasal polyps are sometimes very large, even up to several centimeters in size, filling the nasal cavity, causing nasal obstruction, poor breathing, or valve like opening and closing. Nasal polyps are often accompanied by olfactory dysfunction, headache, and excessive nasal sounds when speaking. Nasal obstruction causes secretion stagnation, which can induce sinusitis. At this time, the secretion is more and purulent. Huge nasal polyps can completely fill the nasal cavity, or even push out the nasal bone, changing the shape of the nose.

Mucinous polyps, rather like peeled grapes or fresh litchi flesh, surface smooth translucent, pink, there are ribbons, mostly from the middle nasal meatus, soft touch activities. Hemorrhagic polyps (less) have smooth surface, hyperemia, soft touch and easy bleeding. Usually occurs in the turbinate without pedicle called polypoid change. The names of the two diseases are different, but the lesions are the same. Because of different pathological tissues, nasal polyps can be divided into four types: vascular type, edema type, fibrous type and cyst type. In general, edema type of nasal polyps is the most, of course, nasal polyps may also be mixed. The main symptom of nasal polyps is progressive aggravation of nasal obstruction.

Fibrous polyps are grayish white, smooth surface, solid touch, not easy to bleed, multiple polyps often come from the ethmoid sinus, single polyps grow from the maxillary sinus, fall into the posterior nostril, called posterior nostril polyps. The appearance of nasal polyps is very similar to tumor, some are dark red, some are light red, translucent. However, cytological examination showed that nasal polyp was not a real tumor, but a kind of edematous tissue, without symptoms of epistaxis and malodorous secretion. The main cause of nasal polyps is high edema or hypertrophy of nasal cavity or sinus mucosa caused by chronic inflammatory stimulation or allergic reaction. With pedicle shape, a little like grapes called polyps.

matters needing attention

Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of any disease. Don't worry too much, keep a good attitude, active treatment, is the root of health. After the operation, we should visit the doctor regularly to understand the condition of the operation cavity. If necessary, we should clean the operation cavity and remove the new granulation or vesicle, so as to ensure the operation effect. Some of this kind of follow-up time even lasts half a year.