Many patients with perennial nasal congestion and headache, accompanied by pus, go to the hospital, the doctor will tell you suffer from sinusitis, and even recommend surgery, many patients expressed doubts about this, sinusitis need surgery? Is it possible to cure it with medication?
Let’s first understand what is sinusitis?
Sinusitis, as the name implies, is an inflammatory disease of the sinuses, which are air-containing cavities in the skull around the nasal cavity; there are four pairs, called frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, septal sinus, and pterygoid sinus, respectively. The sinuses are air-containing cavities with very small openings to the nasal cavity, which can reduce the weight of the skull and form a resonant cavity, which is very important for vocalists. When we catch a cold, the inflammation of the nasal cavity spreads to the sinuses and acute sinusitis occurs, with nasal blockage, increased purulent nasal discharge, decreased sense of smell and headache. When a cold is cured, acute sinusitis is usually cured quickly, but in some patients, poor resistance or recurring inflammation can lead to chronic sinusitis, with symptoms such as persistent pus and headache, and sometimes even nasal polyps with mold growth if it is not cured for many years.
When does sinusitis require surgery?
Of course it is not always necessary to have surgery for sinusitis, even for chronic sinusitis, but it needs to be judged according to the condition. Since sinus is an air-containing cavity in the skull, doctors need to use CT and other imaging examinations to understand the condition. If the CT examination indicates only an inflammatory reaction of the mucous membrane and the drainage of the openings of each sinus is possible, then it can be treated conservatively with Chinese and Western medicines such as Genotone and Sinusitis Oral Solution to obtain good therapeutic results, but if CT shows that the inflammation is heavy, especially with anatomical The purpose of surgery is not to remove the sinuses, but to open the sinuses and open a window to the unventilated room, so that the inflammatory substances inside can flow out, and then with drug treatment, you can cure sinusitis.
Is the surgery for sinusitis complicated? Will there be an incision on the face?
The traditional way of surgery is to make a hole in the jawbone, that is, above the dental bed, which is more traumatic. With the development of medicine, the clinical technology nowadays can reach the minimally invasive operation, that is, through the nostril, the speculum with the instrument is inserted, the nasal polyp is removed and the sinus is opened, the operation is minimally invasive and no incision is left on the face, which is the ideal treatment for sinusitis.