Thus, the tendency to allergic and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system, headaches increases, this leads to the development of neurotic conditions, as well as disruption of the genitourinary and cardiovascular system. Deformation of the nasal septum may occur due to uneven growth of the facial skin at a young age or trauma to the nose.
Why there is a curvature of the nasal septum?
At an early age, this ailment is very rare. Often problems with the nasal septum develop in adolescence from 13 to 18 years.
Many experts say that the reason for the curvature of the out-of-right correlation between the growth of the bones of the cranial and facial skeleton, therefore, the nasal septum is bent due to the fact that the frame for it is very narrow. Other doctors confirm that this is due to an incorrect or uneven growth of the septum itself.
A great role in the curvature of the nasal septum is played by the injury. Men suffer from this more often than women in 3 times. This suggests that the female sex is much more rarely injured than the male.
Symptoms of nasal seizure
- Problems with breathing. There may be both a partial difficulty in breathing and a complete absence of it. If the nasal septum is curved from the side, then the difficulty of breathing will be seen from the left or right half-nose. In such cases, the patient may be surprised when the doctor diagnoses scoring because the nose is breathing well. In fact, the person adapts and does not notice that it has problems with the nasal septum. There are cases when, with a large nose, breathing is not disturbed because of the large cavity. In other words, if you are breathing well through your nose, this does not mean that you do not have disorders with a nasal septum.
- Snore. One of the causes of snoring is a breathing disorder.
- Dryness in the oral cavity.
- Chronic diseases of the sinuses of the nose - sinusitis, sinusitis, frontalitis, etmoiditis.
- Allergic diseases.
- Deformity of the nose. In injuries, the shape of the nose changes, it is more directed to the left or to the right.
To cure the curvature of the nasal septum requires surgical intervention - the operation of endoscopic septoplasty. During the operation, no incisions on the face are made, so the shape of the nasal remains unchanged. Basically, the duration of the operation is 30-60 minutes. It is carried out under both local and general anesthesia. The operation ends in the insertion of special silicone plates in the nose - splints and gauze swabs, which are removed one day after the operation. In this case, the patient is in the clinic only a day, and after the operation, one week will have to go to dressings, so that spikes can be healed more quickly.
Now almost the only way to treat all vidoaskrivleniya nasal septum is submucosal resection. Isolated resection of thorns and ridges are used only in rare cases.
If the septum is simply curved, and you accidentally found it, then surgery is not required. But if there is a sudden discomfort and a curvature is clearly visible, then it is necessary to take into account the fact that it can cause functional disorders. In the elderly, the operation is more difficult. The operation, which is aimed at adapting the body to correct nasal breathing and reorganization of the respiratory system, may not give the desired effect. That is why it is best to eliminate the curvature in the young age. In addition, it is necessary to perform an operation if a person in his youth has a nearly complete or complete obturation of one side of the nose due to deformation of the nasal septum, even if he freely breathes the other half of the nose and does not complain.
There are many cases where when deforming the nasal septum there is also hyperplasia of the middle or lower shell or even the sneezers on the side that is opposite to the deformation. Often on this side, difficulty in breathing is noticed. This can be understood if you attach a cold spatula to the nasal cavity and look at the spot size of the vapor when exhaling. In this case, if only a resection is done, then the improvement in permeability will not be not only on the side where there is hypertrophy of the shells, but also on the opposite side. The fact is that hypertrophied shells will press on the septum, which after the operation will be mobile and will not allow it to grow into a sagittal position. Therefore, doctors recommend together with resection to go through konkhotomiyu. It is best, and it is easier to do it right after resection of the nasal septum, you can postpone it only for certain reasons (danger of sinex attacks, unusual bleeding).
Often, when the anterior sections of the nasal septum are deformed, there is hypertrophy of the shell, which is located on the narrowed side (this is determined with a rhinoscope before the surgery-resection). And if such a hypertrophy is expressed very strongly, then it is necessary to eliminate it immediately.
If, at a curvature, the narrow side can let in air, and the other side is absorbed by hypertrophied shells, then in this case one must first make only the concotomy. If this was not enough, then in 2-3 months you need to do a resection.
If a person has hypertrophy of soft tissues, then they need to be cut off with scissors or removed by galvanocauter, best of all by submucous. It is often problematic to eliminate hypertrophy of the soft tissues of the posterior areas of the dentist. Often they can be reached only after resection. To destroy their galvanocautery, you need to be especially careful not to pinch the shells at the same time, or there will be synechia.
Often when the nasal septum is deformed, the asymmetry of the lacrimal bone occurs. Where the septum bends, the latticed labyrinth becomes larger than the other side.
In such situations, it is necessary to remove the parts of the latticed labyrinth together with the operation on the nasal septum, but if possible, by removing the middle shell, you only need to place it in a lateral position.
In addition to the indications listed above for resection of the nasal septum, this intervention should be carried out as preparation for the production of other operations or in order to ensure the best results of these operations.
Operations of this kind include autopsy of the main sinus, latticular cells and frontal sinus, operations on the lacrimal sac, and others.
Very rarely a resection of the nasal septum is made in order to make it possible to hold an ear catheter to blow the Eustachian tube.