In the case of a cold, she says the nasal turbinates are usually red and swollen. If you suspect you have environmental allergies, like an allergy to pollen or ragweed, an allergist will use a ...

The curved bones along the walls of your nasal passage, called turbinates, can sometimes interfere with breathing. A turbinate reduction involves reducing the size of these bones to help open up ...

A careful history looking for the subtle symptoms of sinusitis, (as reviewed in the section on Clinical Presentation), must always be the starting point for diagnosing sinusitis. The physical ...

The turbinates create – as the name would imply – turbulent flow to be distributed to the moist nasal respiratory mucosa that lies beyond. The total surface area of this mucosa is greater than ...

“Atrophic rhinitis is a chronic inflammation of the nose, leading to a progressive loss of the nasal mucosa and turbinate bones,” explains Joseph Kioko, an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinicia ...