Can an enlarged turbinate heal on its own?

Nasal turbinate hypertrophy is mainly caused by acute and chronic rhinitis, and there will be congestion or edema. If the turbinate hypertrophy is caused by acute rhinitis, rhinitis in pregnancy, or puberty, it can be self-healed, while the one caused by chronic rhinitis is very difficult to be self-healed. Patients with chronic rhinitis with enlarged turbinates will have severe nasal obstruction, mostly persistent nasal congestion, accompanied by decreased sense of smell and increased nasal discharge. Because they often breathe through their mouths, this results in a sticky or purulent nasal discharge in most patients. Due to the irritation of the nasal mucus, patients will have symptoms of coughing and coughing up phlegm, which can cause sinusitis and chronic pharyngolaryngitis in severe cases. There are two ways to treat enlarged nasal turbinates: conservative treatment and surgery. Conservative treatment is mainly through the nasal cavity local medicine to relieve nasal congestion; surgical treatment is mainly low-temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation, the ablation needle into the hypertrophied turbinate, so that the soft tissues inside the ablation, reduce the turbinate. In addition, patients should pay attention to exercise, improve the body’s immunity, do not dig the nostrils at will, so as not to damage the capillaries inside the nose.