Wang is 45 years old and has a history of sinusitis for more than 10 years. He has been treated with medication intermittently and did not take the disease too seriously. Until the last 2 months, Wang began to appear nasal congestion, increased nasal mucus, can not smell, and headache, before taking medicine will be much better, now take medicine also does not work. The doctor gave the result of “chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps” after examination. What is going on here? How did this nasal polyp appear? Is there any relationship with sinusitis?
Sinusitis and nasal polyps interact with each other to aggravate the condition Sinusitis can be divided into two categories, one is sinusitis with nasal polyps and the other is sinusitis without nasal polyps. Repeated colds, as well as long-term chronic inflammation, may stimulate the nasal mucosa to secrete more purulent secretions, (is usually blocked in the nose yellow snot), in the long-term stimulation of inflammatory factors, the nasal mucosa repeated edema, and slowly grow polyps. The increase in the size of the polyp will obstruct the ventilation of the nose, resulting in the secretions from the sinuses not flowing out and aggravating sinusitis. The two diseases are the cause and effect of each other, the vicious circle, sinusitis is getting heavier.
The nasal polyp is not a tumor, but it does not contain tumor tissue, but the long-term stimulation of chronic inflammation or allergies, so that the nasal mucosa occurs irreversible edema, and finally the formation of polyps, but polyps do not occur cancer.
If treatment is delayed, nasal polyps can cause a series of damages to the human body. Although nasal polyps themselves do not affect the mind, but because nasal polyps will block the opening of the sinuses, the “junction” is blocked, it will cause a lack of oxygen, and over time will cause the brain oxygen supply is insufficient, memory loss. Those fast-growing, large polyps can also compress the sinus wall or the parietal wall of the nasal cavity, causing swelling and discomfort in the eyes, forehead and cheeks. Severe nasal congestion can cause patients to snore or even whistle pause during sleep, which is often referred to as whistle sleep pause syndrome, and its harm to the human body is very far-reaching. If the posterior nostril polyp blocks the eustachian tube, it can also cause tinnitus and hearing loss and so on. Therefore, patients should face the danger of nasal polyps, early detection and early treatment, so as not to delay the disease.