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Voice may be improved by surgery

Surgery for sinus problems or sleep apnoea has the potential to alte...ffect was seen in patients having surgery to treat sinus and tonsil problems....

No allergy at all !

...ything can cause allergy-type symptoms - perfumes, sinus infections, exercise, dust, cold air - whether it's an allergy or not. Allergy tests come in many shapes and forms. One of the better-known methods is the skin prick test. It's imperative that doctors have the right kinds of tools to diagnose aller...

A way to eradicate allergy

...ything can cause allergy-type symptoms - perfumes, sinus infections, exercise, dust, cold air - whether it's an allergy or not. Allergy tests come in many shapes and forms. One of the better-known methods is the skin prick test. It's imperative that doctors have the right kinds of tools to diagnose aller...

Women Worse Affected By Chronic Cough

... caused by a postnasal drip syndrome from nose and sinus diseases, asthma, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.”...

Laser Surgery for Allergy

...al drip lead to more serious problems like chronic sinus infections. Newer treatments are now availble to c... is pleased and she says, "I have not had a single sinus infection since I had the laser turbinate surgery, so it's been a godsend and an answer to many pray...

Asthma Patients With Sinusitis More Difficult To Treat

...ortion of asthmatic patients also required primary sinus surgery and additional sinus surgeries compared to patients without asthma. Asthmatics failed primary sinus surgery more frequent...

Drug Resistance Questioned in Patients With Chronic Sinusitis

Patients with chronic sinus infections, known as chronic rhinosinusitis, do no... antibiotics as a first-line treatment for chronic sinus infections before surgery is considered. However, they say little data exist on the appropriateness ...

Catheter Ablation Helpful For Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

...chers conclude that restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm by catheter ablation without the use of drugs in patients with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation significantly improves cardiac function, symptoms, exercise capacity, and quality of life....

Atrial fibrillation predicts for acute ischaemic stroke

...n is nearly seven timesmore than those with normal sinus rhythm. Previously,studies have shown that AF is present in 15–21% ofpatients affected by stroke. The principle underlyingthis fact is that a irregularly beating heart allowsblood to pool and clot. When these blood clots entergeneral circulation they...

Chronic Sinusitis May Be Related To Nasal Mucus

...ers of Mayo Clinic have found the cause of chronic sinus infections is the direct// result of the nasal mucus getting infected and not the nasal and sinus tissue. The findings will be published in the August issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immuno...

Surgeons Presented Guidelines For Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

...f ventricular response rate; restoration of normal sinus rhythm; and prevention of thromboembolism and the role of anticoagulation. Overall, guidelines recommend the use of beta-blockers over calcium channel blockers, a standard therapy for chronic AF, for general prevention of postoperative AF and control...

New Virus Held Responsible For Respiratory Infection In Children

...per respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, sinus infections and pneumonia, the identification rate was only 39%. In view of the information given above, it is appropriate to draw a conclusion that being able to test quickly to find out what is making someone sick can mean the difference between ...

Children With Sinusitis Lead A Better Life After Surgery

... rhinosinusitis in children. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is also being performed with increa... life survey. The survey comprises five domains of sinus infection, nasal obstruction, allergy symptoms, emotional distress, and activity limitations. The ...

Age Can Changes Symptoms Of Sinusitis

...ved 514 adult patients with inflammatory paranasal sinus disease at a single tertiary care facility. The term inflammatory paranasal sinus disease is used to encompass CRS, CRS with polyposis, recurrent acute rhinosinusitis, barosinusitis,...

Daily Gargling May Prevent Common Colds

...al of 130 subjects contracted a cold, sore throat, sinus infection or a form of bronchitis. There was no significant difference in the rate of first infection between the control group and the povidone-gargling group. But there was a 36 percent decrease among water garglers compared to controls. The resear...

Novel Technique For Management Of Inverted Papilloma Of Frontal Sinus

According to new research, large sinus tumors can be removed through the nose using endos...suctions. At points where the tumor adheres to the sinus lining, the lining is removed and a diamond drill is used to eliminate tumor cells in the underlying...

First Frontal CSF Endoscopic surgery performed in Chennai

...for the patient. CSF leak treatment in the forntal sinus usually involves surgery in which it leads to scar..., but this Endoscopic surgery involved closing the sinus CSF leak of the posterior wall of right frontal sinus using the patients ear cartilage....

Ketek Causes Liver Damage

...ntibiotic drug which is used for treating lung and sinus infections has been found to cause liver failure, ...al center. 'Ketek' is prescribed to treat lung and sinus infections. The antibiotic also led to the death of a 26-year-old man and transplant surgery for a 5...

9/11 Escapees Have Worsening Respiratory And Psychological Problems

...eported worsening respiratory conditions including sinus problems, shortness of breath and a persistent cough. The study added that 11 percent were psychologically traumatized at the time of the interview....

Teething Problems of Sinuplasty

...ty which involves inflating a small balloon in the sinus cavity which clears the blocked sinus. It is consi... patients had previously undergone the traditional sinus surgery. This makes it difficult to determine whether the system, made by Acclarent has helped the p...

Health Clinics At Supermarkets?

...s, colds, coughs, ear infections, flu, laryngitis, sinus infections, sore throat, strep throat, upper respiratory infections as well as minor injuries like minor burns, splinters, sprains and strains, staple and suture removals. Dr. Frank Madda of the DuPage County Medical Society revealed that such clin...

Immune Response Linked to “Ghost” Parasites and Severely Congested Sinuss

...n typical of chronic sinusitis. A team of Hopkins sinus experts has found that the gene for the enzyme, ac... up to 250 times more active in people with severe sinus inflammation that persists even after surgery when compared to patients in whom surgery is successfu...

Chronic Sinusitis Resulting From Weakene Immune System

...mation of the moist tissue that lines the nose and sinus cavities. The result is clogged passages and recur... or months after drugs or surgery fail to keep the sinus passages open, scientists have long suspected that these resistant cases had some underlying problem...

Vaccine for ear and sinus infections to be developed…

... trials of a new vaccine against childhood ear and sinus infections and several bronchitis cases in adults ...NTHi, which is the main remaining cause of ear and sinus infections and bronchitis, now that vaccines exist for various forms of streptococcal bacteria and H...

A Novel Device System To Reduce Blood Pressure

...nder the skin near the collarbone, and two carotid sinus leads, which run from the generator to the left and right carotid sinus in the neck. While implantation is slightly more involved, the general principle is similar to the i...

Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease

...ren and is associated with recurrent or persistent sinus and ear infections. Half of patients with PCD have...the more-common cystic fibrosis, including chronic sinus and lung disease as well as male infertility. However, chronic ear disease and neonatal respiratory ...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

...ting allergy – as well as other conditions such as sinus disease, hives and life threatening systemic reactions called anaphylaxis, such as occurs after bee stings in sensitive people. A visit to the allergist will include a thorough history, physical exam, and, when needed, skin testing to define the spec...

Pacemaker Patients Should Be Screened for Sleep Apnea

... the pumping chamber (ventricle). Thirty-six had sinus node disease, in which a heart chamber pumps too f...nts with AV block, and 58 percent of patients with sinus node disease had sleep apnea. Previous studies have found that about one fifth of the general popu...

Low-dose Omega-3 Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

...he electrophysiology of the heart by affecting the sinus node (the heart's natural pacemaker) or efficiency of the ventricles. "Future work is needed to confirm these findings and to investigate further the effects of DHA on cardiac function," concluded the researchers. Hypertension, defined as havin...

Combined Imaging Approach may Provide Better Identification of Difficult-to-diagnose Brain Clots

...what is called partially recanalized chronic dural sinus thrombosis. This is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially reestablished in a previously blocked vessel. Research has shown that cerebral veins partially or fully blocked by a blood clot—with or withou...

Combined Imaging Approach may Be Effective in Diagnosing Some Brain Clots

...what is called partially recanalized chronic dural sinus thrombosis. This is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially reestablished in a previously blocked vessel. Research has shown that cerebral veins partially or fully blocked by a blood clot—with or witho...

April Showers Bring May Flowers – And Plenty of Pollen, To

...g, and treatment of allergies and are experts with sinus problems or other complications from nasal allergy. The only “cure” available for inhalant allergy is the administration of small doses of the offending substance that build up protective antibodies to those specific allergens (including pollen). ...

New Procedure Paves Way for Eunuchs to Choose a Gender and Conceive

...ues in the same child. There is a large urogenital sinus as well as a well-developed phallus. "Among the three categories, it's the FPH group who can give birth to babies after successful surgeries earlier. What they need is life long medication. May be one tablet per day," Gupta added. He, however, ad...

Hay Fever Can Send Work Productivity Down the Drain

...ything can cause allergy-type symptoms - perfumes, sinus infections, exercise, dust, cold air – even if a person doesn’t have an allergy. “Diagnostic testing followed by the right kind of treatment may mean less time out of work,” she said. Szeinbach and her colleagues collected questionnaires from 577...

A Cold Shoulder to Cold - At Your Risk

... sinusitis because of unchecked pollution. Chronic sinus may also be caused due to allergies, infections, virus, fungi, harmful medicines and certain nasal anomalies. The problem escalates during summers, when people beat the heat with chilled drinks. Further sinusitis is always on the rise due to bacter...

A Cold Shoulder to Cold - At Your Risk

... sinusitis because of unchecked pollution. Chronic sinus may also be caused due to allergies, infections, virus, fungi, harmful medicines and certain nasal anomalies. The problem escalates during summers, when people beat the heat with chilled drinks. Further sinusitis is always on the rise due to bacter...