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What it is and how it is treated
It is treated with endoscopic surgery.Is the only method which may result radical treatment of the problem because, in contrast to laser operations which only deal with the straightening of the cartilage and which concerns 5% of cases, deals with damage such a in the gross όσο and in the bony part of the diaphragm which is the rest 95% of the cases. Endoscopic surgery is most often done without placing a tampon in the nose!
The patient needs to be admitted to the hospital on the day of surgery and usually leaves the same day or the next day at the most.
The nose is a complex organ in terms of its construction and function.
It is the organ of smell. It has an important role in breathing but also in the aesthetics of the face.
Dysfunction in the nose can bring breathing problems, headaches, reduced sense of smell, infections in the area, speech, and various others.
What is septal scoliosis:
Scoliosis of the nasal septum or dislocation of the nasal septum is the deviation of the nasal septum from the mid-sagittal position.
The nasal septum is formed by 2 cartilages, 6 bones, and a membranous part and appears stilted in about 70% of the human population while very few people have a completely straight septum.
Scoliosis of the nasal septum can involve both the cartilaginous and bony parts.
It appears as an "s"-shaped scoliosis, as a cantha, or even as a dislocation.
Reasons for creation:
- During childbirth (when the newborn turns in the pelvis).
- From childhood injuries and later from various accidents.
- From the different growth times of the cartilage and bony part of the diaphragm and the narrow space created between the roof of the nose, the base of the skull, and the hard palate.
Symptoms:
The patient with scoliotic nasal septum often experiences, sometimes few and sometimes many of the following symptoms:
- Poor quality sleep,
- Snoring,
- Headache,
- Nosebleeds
- Λαχάνιασμα,
- Easy and unjustified fatigue
- Disturbance of smell,
- Discomfort in everyday life from a constantly dry, stuffy, or even completely blocked nose.
- Tympanic catarrh (due to poor ventilation of the middle ear through the auditory tube)
- Cavity of the upper jaw and deformity of the teeth, if pre-existing since childhood,
- Inflammations such as rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, otitis.
Diagnostic examinations:
- X-ray
- Visceral skull CT (horizontal and vertical sections)
