Hi...I am having the same surgey for fungal infection and nasal polyps....kinda nervous....how long did your surgery take
Hi...I am having the same surgey for fungal infection and nasal polyps....kinda nervous....how long did your surgery take
Also, only on my right side I can feel under my eye area fluid/mucus movement going down to corner of eye area (ethmoid sinus?) then drain down throat - constantly 24/7 drainage feels like an example:ice cream machine turned on in slow motion and thick perpetual drainage over and over and over. Feeling this movement is driving me crazy. Do you think any sinus surgery would help with this? Thanks in advance. Laaz
I have 24/7 nasal drainage. Swollen under eyes with discoloration - fluid filled like. I was diagnosed with vasomotor rhinitis. - chronic rhinitis. I can actually feel the mucus transport throughout all my sinuses and then down the back of my throat. Tried every nasal spray (steroid) been doing sinus rinse for 6 yrs. twice a day. Had radiofrequency coblation to Right inferior turbinate. - turbinate had mulberry-ing. Latest CT scan of sinuses shows only slight right maxillary mucosal thickening with left & right maxillary ostia thickening but patent. My question is- why would ENT doctor do a total ethmoidectomy ?? Nothing was mentioned about ethmoid sinuses on CT scan. My eyes do get tearing alot and I can feel that drng. also down my nasal area to my throat. Would sinus surgery help with non allergic vasomotor rhinitis at all? Would total ethmoidectomy cause more or thicker PND? Could it cause dry eyes? Could I be worse off having this surgery?? Please answer as I am to have surgery 10/10/08. Laaz
Turbinate swelling can be from many causes, not only infection, but from allergy or even non-allergic rhinitis. Find a ENT you can trust, it sounds like the new doctor you have is trustworthy. Talk to them about your fears about empty nose syndrome
I really like my new doctor maybe i am just over thinking things a bit in your opinion though if i have an infection that is causing the turbs to swell and they get rid of the infection and cut the turbs some will that give me empty nose syndrome because maybe i just need the infection to go away and the turbs wont swell anymore. thanks
i mean that if you don't trust them to be taking this seriously enough, see someone at a major university
Thanks for the input what do you mean the ENT is being too cavalier? sorry what does that mean? thanks ch/gh .
"empty nose syndrome" is always possible but unlikely
many infections won't respond to antibiotics if the sinuses are filled with fluid/pus/fungus
the turbs may be part of blocking the drainage of the sinuses.
if you're concerned that the ENT is being too cavalier, get a second opinion
I had minimal bleeding, and the surgery went well. I had been having some trouble breathing before surgery; a fungal infection was blocking my nasal passages. I am wondering if this might be related to the anesthesia I got.
how did your endoscopic surgery go? was there a lot of bleeding or a long time to heal there is someone on this site and they seem to be having difficulty. i am getting surgery and i am afraid of empty nose syndrome to Enoch Choi,MD in your opinion are those signs of empty nose because frazzs cant sleep any advice is greatly appreciated cause i am getting very nervous about this surgery i already cant sleep because my turbs swell and then to find out i cant sleep because of empty nose syndrome..... see my question in another post was this i feel i have an existing infection in my sinuses that wont cure with antibiotics etc... so i go have the surgery of deviated septum - septoplasty and turbiplasty and in the mean time they get rid of the infection then i really didnt need the turbs cut then thats too much openess because all in all you really only needed the infection gone not the turbs cut what do you think? thanks ch/gh.
a month of insomnia is pretty serious, and you have both sleep latency and early wakening.
you need to see your regular doctor and if their initial treatment doesn't help, consider seeing a sleep specialist (neurologist trained with sleep fellowship)