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Steroid Nasal Spray

2017-04-15 11:20:36
How do Steroid Nasal sprays work ? Do it help to cure polyps or nasal allergy ? What is nasal douching ? As a chronic sinusitis patient knowing these would be helpful. Please give me answers.
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Steroid Nasal spray decrease sensitivity to allergy by reducing inflammation (swelling), It may cure small polyp, or reduce its size do that breathing becomes easy, not completely cure or excise polyp. Nasal douching is simple procedure to clear nasal debries by saline.

Answered2017-04-20 18:27:11

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