EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL THERAPY ON NASAL POLYPOSIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Nasal polyposis seems to be a trivial disease due to easy diagnosis but patient will experience nasal polyposis to be an unpleasant  disease, which severely interferes with the quality of life. Nasal polyposis is the most incapacitating  illness  of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Various severe symptoms like airway blockage, loss of the senses of smell and taste, anterior and posterior rhinorrhea, sneezing episodes, stuffiness and facial pain associated with this condition testify the serious alteration of the sino-nasal function. The discomfort is often such that daily activities become hampered, forcing the subjects to go on sick leave  and to endure a precarious nasal condition. Nasal polyposis occurs as a result of a multifocal edematous degeneration, which originates from an inflammatory mucosal reaction of the paranasal sinuses