Deviation of the nasal septum refers to the deviation of the nasal septum from the midline, irregular curvature, and cause dysfunction, such as nasal congestion, headache, nasal bleeding and other symptoms before the diagnosis of nasal septal deviation.
The causes of deviated nasal septum: 1, nasal trauma Most of them occur in childhood, the history of trauma is forgotten, and the parts of nasal septum are still developing, so the symptoms are not obvious.
The nasal septum is mainly composed of three different bones, and when the distribution of each part is unbalanced, different degrees of deviation will be formed at the junction of the three bones.
3.Nasal tumor polyp and other long-term pressure caused.
Clinical manifestations of nasal septal deviation: 1, nasal congestion is the most common symptom, mostly persistent nasal congestion, either unilateral or bilateral nasal congestion, or nasal congestion on one side first, then the other side.
2.Headache The most protruding part of the deviated nasal septum can cause reflex headache when it presses on the ipsilateral inferior turbinate and middle turbinate.
3.Nasal bleeding Can be unilateral repeated intermittent bleeding, or bilateral alternating bleeding.
4.Tinnitus, hearing loss, open-mouth breathing and sleep snoring.
5, aggravated by allergic rhinitis caused by nasal itching, sneezing and decreased sense of smell, etc. After correction of nasal septal deviation, all symptoms related to allergic rhinitis can get better results, the mechanism is still unclear.
Treatment Once the nasal septal deviation is diagnosed, it is necessary to perform septal deviation correction, which is basically a nasal endoscopic surgery with minimally invasive features.