Nasal polyps - Know More About It!

What is Nasal polyps?

Nasal polyps are soft, painless, noncancerous growths on the lining of your nasal passages or sinuses. They hang down like teardrops or grapes. They result from chronic inflammation due to asthma, recurring infection, allergies, drug sensitivity or certain immune disorders.

Small nasal polyps may not cause symptoms. Larger growths or groups of nasal polyps can block your nasal passages or lead to breathing problems, a lost sense of smell and frequent infections. Nasal polyps can affect anyone, but they're more common in adults. Medications can often shrink or eliminate nasal polyps, but surgery is sometimes needed to remove them. Even after successful treatment, nasal polyps often return.

Symptoms of Nasal polyps

Nasal polyps are associated with inflammation of the lining of your nasal passages and sinuses that lasts more than 12 weeks

1. A runny nose
2. Persistent stuffiness
3. Postnasal drip
4. Decreased or absent sense of smell
5. Loss of sense of taste
6. Facial pain or headache
7. Pain in your upper teeth
8. A sense of pressure over your forehead and face
9. Snoring

Causes of Nasal polyps

Scientists don't yet fully understand what causes nasal polyps. It's not clear why some people develop chronic inflammation or why ongoing inflammation triggers polyp formation in some people and not in others. The inflammation occurs in the fluid-producing lining (mucous membrane) of your nose and sinuses. 

Risk factors With Nasal polyps 

1. Asthma
2. Aspirin sensitivity
3. Allergic fungal sinusitis
4. Cystic fibrosis

Complications with Nasal polyps 

1. Obstructive sleep apnea.
2. Asthma flare-ups
3. Sinus infections

How to Prevent Nasal Polyps

1. Manage allergies and asthma.
2. Avoid nasal irritants.
3. Practice good hygiene.
4. Humidify your home.
5. Use a nasal rinse or nasal lavage.

Homeopathic Remedies for Nasal Polyps

1. Lemna minor
2. Arsenicum album
3. Sambucus nigra
4. Sanguinaria
5. Nux vomica

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