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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulty After Nasal Septum Surgery
there is a pateint who went through the surgery of nasal septum due to its over growth about 11 years ago! now at this point of time she is having problem in breathing properly! she consulted some of the ENT specialist and they informed her that there is a gap in her nasal bone due to which she is facing this problem! Please tell me that does this problem have any proper treatment or there is no other way to treat this problem except for symptomatic treatment?
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Hello,
Your patient has history of having been done nasal septum surgery and presently she is experiencing breathing difficulty. Your ENT specialist diagnosed the breathing trouble to be due to a gap in the nasal bone. It looks like your patient is experiencing complications after nasal septum surgery. May be she has a septal perforation, a hole inside the nose (septum) that produces an open connection between the right and left sides of the nose and hence causing the symptoms she is experiencing.
You are suggested to get her a follow up clinical examination done by the doctor who did the surgery so that the gap / pathology or hole can be confirmed and treatment can be started at the earliest. The treating surgeon can give conservative treatment or recommend surgery aimed at correcting nasal septal perforations.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
Your patient has history of having been done nasal septum surgery and presently she is experiencing breathing difficulty. Your ENT specialist diagnosed the breathing trouble to be due to a gap in the nasal bone. It looks like your patient is experiencing complications after nasal septum surgery. May be she has a septal perforation, a hole inside the nose (septum) that produces an open connection between the right and left sides of the nose and hence causing the symptoms she is experiencing.
You are suggested to get her a follow up clinical examination done by the doctor who did the surgery so that the gap / pathology or hole can be confirmed and treatment can be started at the earliest. The treating surgeon can give conservative treatment or recommend surgery aimed at correcting nasal septal perforations.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
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