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Suggest Medications For Nasal Polyps

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My name is Shashank. I am suffering from nasal polyps for around 10-12 yrs now. People adviced me not to go for surgery as polyps will resurface is what they told. Now the situation is very bad. Sense of smell is gone and nose is very heavy due to which my nature also getting irritating. Pls advice
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concern..

As per your complain nasal polyps are soft tissue overgrowth that occurs inside the nasal cavity commonly due to causes like chronic sinusitis, allergies,chronic upper respiratory tract infection etc..
As you also have loss of sense of smell it might be due to sinus congestion caused due to Sinusitis and it can be a probable cause for nasal polyp..
It is true that nasal polyps can recur in case if the underlying irritating cause as explained above does not get resolved..
Non-surgical treatment includes:
-Steroid nasal sprays as it can help in shrinkage of the polyp..
-Steroid injection directly into the polyp can be given as it helps in regression in size of polyp..
In case if there is no improvement then the last option that is left out is surgical excision of polyp..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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Suggest Medications For Nasal Polyps

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concern.. As per your complain nasal polyps are soft tissue overgrowth that occurs inside the nasal cavity commonly due to causes like chronic sinusitis, allergies,chronic upper respiratory tract infection etc.. As you also have loss of sense of smell it might be due to sinus congestion caused due to Sinusitis and it can be a probable cause for nasal polyp.. It is true that nasal polyps can recur in case if the underlying irritating cause as explained above does not get resolved.. Non-surgical treatment includes: -Steroid nasal sprays as it can help in shrinkage of the polyp.. -Steroid injection directly into the polyp can be given as it helps in regression in size of polyp.. In case if there is no improvement then the last option that is left out is surgical excision of polyp.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.