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Mystery Solved: How to Know If It’s Cold, Allergy, or Sinusitis
Spring may bring warmer weather and longer days, but it has its share of disadvantages. For one, it’s that time of the year when people seem to catch a cold and have stuffy noses all the time. However, before you take that cold medicine, you need to know that the common cold shares similar symptoms … Continue reading Mystery Solved: How to Know If It’s Cold, Allergy, or Sinusitis
View More >>How to Recover from a Broken Nose
United Airlines was in the news recently after a video of a passenger that was bumped off a flight and dragged unceremoniously across the aisle went viral. According to his lawyers, David Dao suffered from a broken nose and an injury to the sinus after the violent dragging, and will need to undergo reconstructive surgery. … Continue reading How to Recover from a Broken Nose
View More >>Study Shows Balloon Sinuplasty More Effective Than Sinus Meds
Have you been suffering from sinusitis for the longest time and are barely getting by with medications? This may be the wrong approach to take. If your sinuses are no longer responding well to medication, then now is the best time to look for other alternatives. In a study[1] commissioned by ACCLARENT late last year, … Continue reading Study Shows Balloon Sinuplasty More Effective Than Sinus Meds
View More >>Jai McDowall, Britain’s Got Talent Winner, to Undergo Surgery for Deviated Septum
Aside from breathing difficulties, having a deviated septum can also prevent you from pursuing the things you are passionate about. Just take a look at Jai McDowall, a support worker who came into the limelight after winning the reality show Britain’s Got Talent. After winning the show in 2011, the singer continued his career by … Continue reading Jai McDowall, Britain’s Got Talent Winner, to Undergo Surgery for Deviated Septum
View More >>Dry Mouth at Night: Should You Be Concerned?
Do you often wake up in the morning with dry mouth? Or perhaps you wake up several times in the middle of the night to have a glass of water? You might be tempted to just dismiss that dry mouth as thirst, plain and simple. But what most people don’t realize is that having an … Continue reading Dry Mouth at Night: Should You Be Concerned?
View More >>Do You Really Need to Seek Professional Help for Your Sleeping Problems?
Do you often find yourself tossing and turning while sleeping at night? Does your partner complain about your loud snoring? Find yourself irritated as soon as you wake up, or sleepy behind the wheel on your morning drive? Are you having more than the usual amount of difficulty concentrating at work? If you answered yes … Continue reading Do You Really Need to Seek Professional Help for Your Sleeping Problems?
View More >>Harvard’s Deep Dive Into Migraines and Sinus Headaches
Distinguishing between migraine headaches and sinus headaches is notoriously difficult, even for some people who are trained in medicine. Because the two headaches share so many symptoms, and tend to follow similar timelines, it is easy to get them mixed up. Often patients fixate on one diagnosis over the other, and fail to adequately treat … Continue reading Harvard’s Deep Dive Into Migraines and Sinus Headaches
View More >>Sinusitis and…Cancer?
I tweeted about this a couple weeks back, but here’s the full story: Researchers [have] found a link between people in the United States ages 65 and older who had chronic sinusitis and an increased risk of being diagnosed with one of three different types of head and neck cancer, compared with older adults without … Continue reading Sinusitis and…Cancer?
View More >>Sinus Headaches in Plain Language
What’s the difference between a sinus headache and a conventional one? Some people will tell you that it’s the quality of the pain; others might say it is the location. Still more people will tell you that it’s impossible to distinguish one from the other without context such as a medical history. Here’s the truth: … Continue reading Sinus Headaches in Plain Language
View More >>Stay Well in the Cold
It’s that time of year again. As soon as the clocks fall backwards and our afternoons grow cold and dark, suddenly it seems as if all your coworkers are packing tissues everywhere they go. Winter is cold and flu season. And that means your irritated sinuses are more likely to develop painful sinus infections. This … Continue reading Stay Well in the Cold
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