Inferior Turbinate Reduction
Non-allergic rhinitis does not have a basis in an immune response. There are many different forms of non-allergic rhinitis.
Irritative Rhinitis: Patients working in environments with chemicals, solvents and even cigarette smoke can experience direct irritation of their nasal mucosa, causing symptoms of rhinitis.
Hormonal Rhinitis: Pregnant women often complain of nasal congestion during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy. This is commonly referred to as rhinitis of pregnancy and is a result of increased estrogen, which causes increasing edema of the nasal mucosa and symptoms of rhinitis.
Afrin Rhinitis: Patients using Afrin® for long periods of time may realize increasing nasal congestion that requires them to continue using Afrin. This results in a dependency that is difficult to treat with medication.
In either case of allergic or non-allergic rhinitis, inferior turbinate reduction can provide improvement in symptoms of nasal obstruction/congestion when medications or observation has failed to provide results.
Inferior turbinate reduction can reduce the symptoms of nasal congestion by effectively decreasing the size of the inferior turbinates.
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The recovery time after an inferior turbinate reduction is short. Patients can expect some nasal congestion due to swelling. After 1 week, patients return to the office for their post-operative visit. No packing is used during this procedure.
If you would like to learn more about inferior turbinate reduction, feel free to contact us for further assessment and treatment.