Sinusitis With Polyps Treatment

It is chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps — non-cancerous growths in the nose or sinuses that cause sinus pain, a stuffy nose and loss of smell, and can affect sleep and quality of life.

Treatments include steroid sprays to shrink polyps, oral steroids, injections under the skin, and outpatient surgery to place a stent or to remove polyps with a navigator when needed.

Diagnosis involves a review of your health history and symptoms, looking inside the nose with a nasal endoscope, and a CT scan for detailed pictures of the sinuses.

Not always, but you can lower the risk by following your allergy and asthma medication, avoiding airborne irritants, practising good hygiene, using a humidifier, and using a saline rinse.

See a doctor if symptoms last more than 10 days, and seek immediate care for serious breathing difficulty, sudden worsening, vision changes, severe swelling around the eyes, or a severe headache with high fever.