Get your sinuses ventilated: FESS

Sinuses are air spaces meant for help in humidify the air and enhance the quality of voice. Do you know recurrent heavy headedness, severe headache while lowering your head, recurrent infection of upper respiratory tract infection can be serious and very problematic? Sinusitis might be the cause. Mostly sinusitis is a rhinogenic in origin, ear infection, or dental infection. Our nose has cilia on its wall which helps in the movement of nasal secretion out of the nose. During nasal infection, these cilia function less efficiently result in the stasis of secretion and mucus in nasal sinus. What difficulties you will face when suffering sinusitis? Mostly symptoms are rhinogenic and usually same as cold. Following are the symptoms of sinusitis: 1) Nasal congestion or obstruction. 2) Pain on sinofacial region. 3) Headache while lowering or shaking it. 4) Mucopurulent nasal discharge. 5) A sensation of sneezing or multiple time sneezing. 5) The reduced smelling sense thus resulting in the inability to have flavors in food. 6) Change in voice.   How sinusitis…

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FROZEN SHOULDER: WHAT IT IS?

Have you ever experienced shoulder pain just after waking up in the morning? Or your shoulder gets stiff after 2-3 hours of mobilization. A condition of shoulder joint accompanied by stiffness, tenderness, and pain in your shoulder joint. This condition is also known as 'adhesive capsulitis'. Generally, it occurs due to inflammation of the synovial capsule. Most of the time the symptoms occur and get worsen. It takes about two to three years to get normal if left untreated.   How did it feel to have a frozen shoulder? Frozen shoulders develop gradually. It has 3 stages each stretches to 3-4 months. Freezing stage - The range of motion from the shoulder gets limited. Shoulder movements are painful. Frozen stage - Pain may get reduce but, your shoulder gets more stuff and movement gets more difficult from the shoulder joint. Thawing stage - Reliving stage pain reduced and range of motion improves. Pain may get worsen during night and interrupt sleep. Are you at risk of developing a frozen shoulder? The joint…

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ASHERMAN SYNDROME: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

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Are you having absent periods? Getting cramps but not menstruating? And you have a history of frequent abortion, injury or any scaring. Then you may need to see a gynecologist. You may be suffering from ASHERMAN syndrome. What is known as asherman syndrome? Asherman syndrome is an uncommon uterine condition. In which scaring of the inner wall of uterus causing adhesion of anterior and posterior wall of the uterus. It may vary from mild to severe. Depending on areas of adhesion and type of adhesion (thick or thin). This condition leaves very little space in the uterus. Presented with what kind of symptoms? • absent periods or very light periods (amenorrhea or hypo menorrhea) • severe cramps during the period date but menstruating sparsely • unable to get pregnant What is the cause or risk factor of asherman syndrome? Near about 90 percent of Asherman syndrome cases occur due to dilation and curettage (D and C) procedures. D &C is usually done for missed abortion, elective abortion, retained placenta after delivery or…

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