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by National Jewish, Nov 19, 2003 12:00AM
, Nov 19, 2003 12:00AM
Check with your daughter’s doctor to know for sure if this is a nasal polyp and the best treatment for her.
Nasal polyps are fleshy growths of the lining of the nose and sinuses. Their roots are found in the upper part of the nose and in the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. On a sinus x-ray they may look like clouding of the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. A developing polyp is teardrop-shaped. A mature polyp looks like a peeled seedless grape. They can get large enough to block the opening of the sinuses and the nasal passage. This could cause your daughter to have a nose that hurts and a hard time breathing. Some people have problems with a stuffy nose, sinus infections, or loss of their senses of taste and smell.
Surgery to remove the nasal polyps may be suggested. However, the chance of nasal polyps growing back is extremely high. Routine use of a nasal steroid spray may shrink nasal polyps. A nasal steroid spray does not provide immediate relief of symptoms. It may require several weeks to months of routine use to become effective. If the nasal polyps are small this may be all the treatment that is needed to relieve your daughter’s symptoms. If they are large, this treatment may shrink them enough that surgery is more likely to remove the entire root of the polyp so that it doesn’t grow back. Following surgery, indefinite routine use of a nasal steroid spray may keep nasal polyps from growing back.
Nasal polyps are fleshy growths of the lining of the nose and sinuses. Their roots are found in the upper part of the nose and in the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. On a sinus x-ray they may look like clouding of the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. A developing polyp is teardrop-shaped. A mature polyp looks like a peeled seedless grape. They can get large enough to block the opening of the sinuses and the nasal passage. This could cause your daughter to have a nose that hurts and a hard time breathing. Some people have problems with a stuffy nose, sinus infections, or loss of their senses of taste and smell.
Surgery to remove the nasal polyps may be suggested. However, the chance of nasal polyps growing back is extremely high. Routine use of a nasal steroid spray may shrink nasal polyps. A nasal steroid spray does not provide immediate relief of symptoms. It may require several weeks to months of routine use to become effective. If the nasal polyps are small this may be all the treatment that is needed to relieve your daughter’s symptoms. If they are large, this treatment may shrink them enough that surgery is more likely to remove the entire root of the polyp so that it doesn’t grow back. Following surgery, indefinite routine use of a nasal steroid spray may keep nasal polyps from growing back.
