DO I NEED SURGERY FORMY DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM?
A deviated nasal Septum is a very common medical conditionin children as well as adults.
WHAT IS A NASAL SEPTUM?
The Nasal Septum divides the Nose into the Left and Right sides.In the front portion it is largely a malleable cartilage andis bony towards the back portion (posteriorly).
HOW DOES A SEPTUM GET DEVIATED?
Strating off from the womb either due to a genetic defect intissue structuring or when pressure of the amniotic fluid on one side shiftsthe extremely malleable septal cartilage to one side a child may be born with adeviated nasal septum. Subsequently as the child grows sometimes even trivial childhood trauma can cause a minor fracture of the nasal septum. This mostoften happens when a child falls or hurts the nose while learning to walk. Later on in life a nasal septum can deviate due to injury atsports like cricket, boxing etc. Road traffic accidents with facial injury are also a causeof septal deviation.Sometimes a large polyp or turbinate or any other swellingon one side of the nose can cause the septum to shift to the opposite side.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF A SEPTAL DEVIATION?
Nasal blockage.
Nasal bleeding.
Mouth breathing – as a consequence of chronicnasal blockage.
Headache and cheek pain sometimes.
WHEN SHOULD THE NASAL SEPTUM BE OPERATED UPON?
Severe obstruction of the Nose-
Recurrent one-sided nasal bleeding attributed tothe septum-
Cheek pain/ headache in association with agrossly deviated septum-
As part of a procedure to straighten theexternal nasal alignment- a procedure called Septorhinoplasty.
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