After the recent publication of our director Xu Yongchang’s article “Smooth nose, smooth breathing” in the Xinmin Evening News, the specialized clinic received many patients from all districts and counties in the city, and a large number of them were elderly patients. “Can rhinitis be cured by surgery?” I believe that this is what many patients want to know, here will be concerned about several issues to do a medical knowledge of science.
1, often sneezing nose itch and runny water, is it a cold or allergic rhinitis?
A: We can teach you a simple self-screening method, so that you can be targeted when you go to the hospital later: if there is a fever at the same time, you tend to have a cold and it is recommended to go to the internal medicine department. For more details, please refer to my article “Repeated nasal itching, sneezing and clear water snot = cold or allergic rhinitis?”
2.Can cryogenic plasma cure allergic rhinitis?
No. The surgery can relieve nasal congestion and reduce the sensitivity of the nasal mucosa to allergens, but cannot treat allergies at the root. Anti-allergic drugs are still needed after surgery, but the dosage of drugs can be reduced appropriately.
3.Since it cannot be cured, is there still a need for surgery?
Allergic rhinitis leads to enlarged turbinates and edema, which can cause significant nasal congestion, reduced or abnormal nasal ventilation, leading to chronic hypoxia and hypercapnia, long-term chronic nasal congestion can lead to circulatory system dysfunction such as hypertension, myocardial hypoxia and ischemia, cardiac arrhythmia, central nervous system dysfunction such as memory loss, decreased learning efficiency, daytime sleepiness, easy fatigue, and even cerebral infarction and brain atrophy. Alzheimer’s disease. Patients with abnormal nasal anatomy, such as deviated septum, chronic sinusitis, can also cause headache, head swelling, runny nose, nasal bleeding, etc., which seriously affects the quality of life. Long-term drug treatment will inevitably bring about the corresponding side effects such as gastrointestinal reactions, drowsiness, abnormal liver and kidney function, and at the same time bring about a serious economic burden, in summary, timely treatment through minimally invasive plasma surgery to relieve nasal congestion, can improve the long-term body hypoxia caused by a variety of complications, reduce the intake of drugs, reduce the economic burden, improve the quality of life, which is very necessary.
4.What are the advantages of low-temperature plasma compared with laser and microwave therapy?
The low temperature of low-temperature plasma, generally at 40-70 degrees, vaporizes the hypertrophic turbinate tissue, which can play a better role in protecting the function of the nasal mucosa.