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Nasal polyp
My 6 year old son was diagnosed with adenoid and nasal polyp (right nose) an year back.
After one year and three months of treatment the adenoid is resolved but polyp has returned. Doctor has given steroid medication for two weeks and after that if it is not resolved has advised surgery.
Please advise is there any way that it can be resolved without surgery.
Can polyps reoccur again
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
26 yrs exp
Bangalore
Please locate a good Allergist in your city and get Allergy Skin Prick Testing done on your son, to identify the offending allergens. Then if the allergen is unavoidable, he should undergo Sublingual Immunotherapy for the same. This is a long term treatment, sometimes lasting up to 5 years, but it is the only sure-shot cure for polyps. Polyp surgery should be done only of nasal passage is being blocked or smell sensation is being affected, but it is only a temporary remedy.
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