Turbinate hypertrophy

Introduction Turbinate hypertrophy refers to the long-term inflammation of the turbinate caused by edema of the turbinate mucosa, leading to nasal obstruction. The turbinate fertilizer assembly causes nasal obstruction. The clinical symptoms of rhinitis are different and harmful. When affecting the physiological function of the nasal cavity, respiratory disorders may occur, causing a decrease in blood oxygen concentration, affecting the function and metabolism of other tissues and organs, and some such as headache, dizziness, and memory. Drop, chest pain, chest tightness, listlessness, etc., and even complicated complications such as emphysema, pulmonary heart disease, and asthma. When rhinitis fails to be treated in time, affecting the olfactory mucosa, there will be olfactory disorders, resulting in no smell of odor.

Cause

Generally developed from chronic simple rhinitis. Mucosal epithelial cilia shedding, turned into a multi-layered cubic epithelium, submucosal edema followed by fibrous tissue hyperplasia and mucosal hypertrophy, long-term, can be mulberry-like or polypoid changes, periosteum and bone Tissue hyperplasia, turbinate bone can also be hypertrophic.

an examination

Related inspection

Nasal examination nasal function examination nasal endoscopy nasal examination

1, the lower turbinate is obviously hypertrophy, or the inferior turbinate and the middle turbinate are hypertrophy, often causing nasal congestion. There are mucous or purulent secretions at the bottom of the nose or in the lower nasal passages.

2, the mucous membrane is swollen, pink or purple, the surface is not flat, or nodular or mulberry-like, especially the front of the nose and its free edge is obvious. The light pressure depression of the probe is not obvious, and it has a hard feeling.

3. The mucosal contraction after local vasoconstrictor is not obvious.

Differential diagnosis

According to clinical symptoms combined with nasal examination is not difficult to diagnose.

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