Get Rid of Your Sinus Pain and Breathe Free
Approximately 20 Percent of all Americans are sinus sufferers or get a sinus infection. People often adapt to living with sinus problems. They forget what it was like to breath freely or live without congestion and sinus pain. Many people believe that they have no choice.
Many sinus sufferers confuse cold symptoms, such as a runny nose, and itchy, watery eyes, with what, in fact, may be a serious sinus condition, a sinus infection, or sinus allergies, or a combination.
Sinus infection also known as sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages. A sinus infection can cause a severe headaches or pressure in the eyes, nose and cheek area (Often people believe they have a migraine or tooth infection.) A person with a sinus infection may also have a cough, a fever and nasal congestion with thick nasal secretions.
What causes a Sinus infection?
There are many factors that can cause a sinus infection including bacteria such as Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Haemophilus Influenzae, and Moraxella Catarrhalis., a viral infection which can cause damage to cell of the sinus linings, pollutants and fungi.
Common Symptoms:
Common Symptoms of a sinus infection include Nasal congestion with discharge or postnasal drip (mucus drips down the throat behind the nose), Pain or pressure around the inner corner of the eye or down one side of the nose, Headache in the temple or surrounding the eye, Pain or pressure symptoms worse when coughing, straining, or lying on the back and better when the head is upright and Fever.
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Dr. Marc Kerner, MD, FACS was named best ENT Physician and Surgeon by both the San Fernando Valley Business Journal and Los Angeles Times Magazine. For more sinus information, please visit his website at www.calwestent.com.
Balloon Sinuplasty: Chronic Sinusitis Treatment Option in the event of failure of antibiotic treatments.
Balloon Sinuplasty is a Minimally Invasive Sinus Surgery which sinus sufferers a rapid, painless procedure for correction of chronic sinus blockage that does not improve with medical therapy. Balloon Sinuplasty™ technology extends the sinus surgery evolution by offering the surgeon additional tools for endoscopic surgery. The Relieva Balloon Sinuplasty™ products are catheter-based devices designed to open the ostia to the sinuses in a minimally destructive manner. This results in clearing blocked sinuses, restoring normal sinus drainage and function, and preserving normal anatomy and mucosal tissue. The opening attained by the Balloon Sinuplasty™ system is durable and achieves the goals of sinus surgery. Post-procedure, the size of the dilated opening is approximately that of the nominal diameter of the selected Sinus Balloon Catheter (from 3mm to 7mm).
The technology for this procedure was adopted from angioplasty in which small balloon catheters are threaded into either a blood vessel as in angioplasty, or into the small sinus openings, dilating them and preventing them from blockage that occurs with infections.
The Balloon Sinuplasty™ devices are effective endoscopic tools and may be used with other medical therapies or endoscopic surgical techniques. In a patient, the Balloon Sinuplasty™products can be used on several sinuses. Additionally, using these devices do not limit future treatment options for patients with progressive disease.
Dr. Marc Kerner performs a Balloon Sinuplasty to treat chronic sinus pain.
Dr. Marc Kerner, MD, FACS was named best ENT Physician and Surgeon by both the San Fernando Valley Business Journal and Los Angeles Times Magazine. For more sinus information, please visit his website at www.calwestent.com.
