How to Read a CT Sinus Scan for the Layperson

It is actually not that difficult for non-medical individuals to learn how to accurately look at a CT Sinus scan and determine whether there is a sinus infection , nasal polyps , or is actually normal. Watch the video above to learn how to read a CT Sinus scan like a pro (well, almost like a pro). But if you prefer to read, here's a brief explanation. First, know your colors. Air is BLACK Bone is WHITE Everything else like soft tissues and fluid is GREY CT sinus scans are ob…

11/17/2018 0

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Probiotic Rinse for Chronic Sinusitis

Probiotics are often taken with oral antibiotics to help prevent nausea and diarrhea induced by killing off the "good" along with the bad bacteria within the digestive tract. It is now known that just as with the digestive tract, the sinuses also require "good" bacteria to remain healthy. With too much antibiotic use, the sinuses become depleted of all the good bacteria allowing for the bad germs to trigger another sinus infection leading to a cycle of recurrent sinusitis …

9/01/2018 0

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Steps a Patient with Chronic Sinusitis Goes Thru

For the vast majority of patients with sinus infections , a trip to the primary care doctor's office and a prescription for antibiotics is all that is required. However, for the unfortunate few, several courses of oral antibiotics do not seem to help as much as it should. In such cases, these patients eventually end up at an ENT office for further evaluation and management. ASSUMING the patient has bona fide chronic or recurrent sinus infections and not some other medical problem conf…

12/08/2017 0

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When is Sinus Surgery Appropriate for Recurrent or Chronic Sinus Infections?

Normal CT Sinus Scan When a patient suffers from chronic or recurrent sinus infections , sinus surgery is an option to consider especially when medical management has failed. There are the obvious candidates where any reasonable ENT would agree sinus surgery is required, but as with much of medicine, there are times when a patient may get several diametrically opposite opinions whether sinus surgery is recommended or not. Such opposing recommendations at its core occur due to what a CT …

5/24/2017 0

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Probiotic Nasal Flushes to Treat Chronic Sinusitis

For patients suffering from chronic sinusitis, the problem may lay more with the absence of "good" bacteria in the sinus cavities than "bad" bacteria that needs to be eliminated. A study in 2012 documented what normal bacteria colonization should be found in healthy sinus cavities versus those suffering from chronic sinusitis. The study evaluated (only) 10 healthy patients and 10 suffering from chronic sinusitis . Within this small study population, they found over 1482…

8/28/2016 1

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New Video on Sinusitis and Sinus Surgery Explained (Balloon Sinuplasty and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery)

A  new video  has been uploaded to YouTube that explains how sinus infections occur as well as how sinus surgery helps with this condition via balloon sinuplasty or traditional endoscopic sinus surgery . Sinus topics demonstrated in this video include: •  Chronic Sinusitis •  Endoscopic Sinus Surgery •  Balloon Sinuplasty

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