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When nasal sprays and oral antihistamines are not affective for the control of nasal allergic symptoms such as congestion, ears pressure, postnasal mucus, facial pain, nasal pain, and decreased sense of smell, nasal steroid injection is a valuable therapeutic. We have been using intranasal steroid injections for the last 15...

This was a 54 yo male with a history of 10 years of postnasal drip, coughings at night, which disturb his sleep. He also had nasal obstruction. He was seen in the office and had an endoscopy which showed posterior nasal polyposis. Ctscan also showed mucosal thickening of all sinuses...

We offer state-of-art Ctscan for sinuses in our office. Having immediate access to the Ctscanner allows the patient and the doctor to have information to formulate a treatment plan without delay. Our Ctscanner performs the same Ctscan with only 10% of the radiation of traditional Ctscanners, thus reducing the harmful...

The patient is a twenty five year old man. He has chronic nasal obstruction. He was seen by a local ENT who did a septoplasty in the office. The patient continues to have nasal obstruction after the procedure. On examination, he was noted to have anterior septum deviation. This type...

This is a 45 yo male who came in the office for nose bleeding. He has had recurrent nosebleeds for many years. He desires to have nasal cauterization. He thought he had an allergy to lidocaine, but he could not be sure. To be safe a skin test was performed....

The patient is 53 year old male, an Executive Vice President of a company in Irvine California. He presented with a long history of postnasal drip, facial pain, headache, nasal obstruction. He has had multiple episodes of acute sinus infections over the years. He failed multiple courses of medical treatment...