The turbinates are small structures inside the nose that are used to clean and humidify the air that enters the lungs through the nostrils. They are composed of bony structures surrounded by vascular tissue and an outer mucous membrane and can become swollen and inflamed due to allergies, irritation or infection, resulting in nasal congestion and the production of excess mucus, leading to congestion.
The turbinates, also known as the nasal cavity, usually have three turbinates, including the upper, middle and lower turbinates. Usually the superior and middle turbinates are part of the medial wall of the sieve bone; however, the inferior turbinate is a single bony structure that is usually attached laterally to the maxilla. Diseases that occur in the turbinate area are compensatory pathological hypertrophy, and this disease is very common in the inferior turbinate. The inferior turbinate of the organism is usually divided into three structures: the medial mucosal layer, the lateral mucosal layer, and the inferior turbinate bone, and the thickness of the medial mucosal layer is the thickest, the number of cup cells in the lateral mucosal layer of the inferior turbinate is greater than that in the medial mucosal layer, and the mucosal basal layer has a barrier function for defending foreign substances from entering the organism.
Therefore, it is also necessary to protect the turbinates more in daily life to prevent some foreign substances from entering the nasal cavity. It is recommended to do more physical exercise because it can improve the resistance and has a very good effect on resisting some viruses and bacteria.