After the operation of nasal turbinate hypertrophy, you should pay attention to light diet, keep local cleanliness, appropriate exercise, daily care and other methods to regulate, if necessary, you can use saline to clean the nasal cavity.
1. Light diet: patients should pay attention to light diet after the operation of nasal turbinate hypertrophy, eat more food containing vitamins and protein, such as carrots, eggs, etc., avoid eating too spicy, stimulating food, such as chili, mustard, etc., and also should avoid smoking and alcohol.
2. Maintain local cleanliness: After the surgery for enlarged turbinate, patients should pay attention to the indoor environment and stay away from places with heavy air pollution. Keep the local clean, avoid infection, affect the recovery of the disease.
3. Appropriate exercise: appropriate exercise after surgery can improve the body’s resistance. It can improve the recovery of the disease to a certain extent. You should not exercise on the first day after surgery.
4. Daily care: After the operation, if the patient has more nasal secretions, he can use sterile saline to relieve the symptoms. After surgery, the head should be elevated to 45° to avoid congestion of the head. The nasal cavity can be rinsed with saline daily.
Patients with enlarged nasal turbinates are advised to seek medical checkups in time when they experience discomfort after surgery.