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Non-Surgical Cure for Sinusitis Available

October 20, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment 

Left Sided Maxillary Sinusitis; Image credit:Wikimedia

Left Maxillary Sinusitis

Balloon sinuplasty, a technique in which a balloon is inflated in the affected nasal area to clear blockage, is likely to help many patients of  acute or chronic sinusitis.

“The usual treatment was to open the nasal tract in order to reach the blockage and then remove the mucus.

Sinusitis is the inflammation of the sinuses. Sinuses are air filled cavities around nasal passage which makes skull lighter and help in conditioning of the air.  When inflammation occurs collection of secretions make head heavier and patient finds it difficult to breathe.

In this condition one is prone to catching viral or bacterial infections.

With balloon sinuplasty, the blockage can be cleared without open surgery and the patient can go home the same day.

Procedure

A wire catheter is introduced through the nostril and guided to the blockage. The catheter has a balloon in the front. Once the balloon reaches the site of blockage, it is inflated and the blockage is cleared. Then the catheter is pulled out.

Symptoms of Sinusitis

  1. Reduced sense of smell, taste
  2. Difficulty in breathing
  3. Pain and swelling around eyes, cheeks, nose or forehead
  4. Pain in upper jaw and teeth
  5. Discharge of thick mucus
  6. Nasal congestion
  7. Cough

Important Causes of Backache

September 6, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment 

  • Physiological
    • Faulty posture
    • Individuals with thin built
    • Pregnancy
  • Trauma
    • Prolapsed intervertebral disc
    • Lumbosacral strain
  • Infection
    • Osteomyelitis
    • Spinal tuberculosis
  • Neoplastic
    • Primary tumors
    • Secondaries following Malignacy
    • Multiple myeloma
  • Metabolic
    • Hyperparathyroidism
    • Osteoporosis
    • Osteomalacia
  • Congenital
    • Spina bifida
  • Arthritis
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Referred pain
    • Pancreatitis
    • Retroperitoneal tumors
    • Cholecystitis
    • Diverticulitis
    • Retroverted uterus
    • Uterine prolapse
  • Spinal deformities
    • Kyphosis
    • Scoliosis
    • Lordosis

Do Not Ignore Chest Pain

August 20, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment 

Chest pain is a very commmon symptom that could be due to some heartburn or due to cardiac attack

If you have chest pain you must not ignore it.

Here is the list of diseases that from you can possibly have one if you have symptom of chest pain.

Cardiac

  • Ischemia heart disease,
  • Pericarditis
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Dissecting aneurysm of aorta

Respiratory

  • Pleurisy,
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Malignancy.

Musculo-skeletal

  • Rib fracture
  • Vertebral collapse
  • Costochondritis
  • Myositis of pectoral muscle.

Miscellaneous

  • Herpes zoster of intercostals nerves
  • Oesophagitis
  • Pancreatitis
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Cholecystitis,
  • Splenic flexure syndrome

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