Health is Wealth

THE NASAL SEPTUM IS THAT PART OF

THE NOSE WHICH SEPARATES THE TWO

AIRWAYS&NOSTRILS. A DEVIATED NASAL

SEPTUM IS WHEN THERE THE SHIFT FROM

THE MIDDLE OR CENTRAL POSITION

AETIOLOGY:

1) TRAUMA: USUALLY IN CHILDHOOD , MAY EVEN BE DURING DELIVERY.

2) CONGENITAL DISORDERS 3) HEREDITARY DISORDERS

4) RACIAL PREDISPOSITION

TYPES OF DNS:

1) ANTERIOR DISLOCATION 2) C-SHAPED DEFORMITY 3) SPURS

4) SEPTALTHICKENING 5) S-SHAPED DEFORMITY

CLINICAL FEATURES:

1) NASAL OBSTRUCTION 2) COTTLE'S TEST 3) MUCOSAL CHANGES

4) NEUROLOGICAL CHANGES

SYMPTOMS:

THE SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY SEPTAL DEVIATIONS AREENTIRELY RESULTS OF THEIR

EFFECTS ON NASALFUNCTION. THE DOMINANT EFFECT BEING NASAL

OBSTRUCTION,BUT THIS IS RARELY SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANOSMIA

. SIGNS:

1)HEADACHE 2) SINUSITIS 3) BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE 4) EXTERNAL DE FORMITY

5) MIDDLE EAR INFECTION 6) NOISY BREATHING DURING SLEEP

COTTLE'S CLASSIFICATION:

1) SIMPLE DEVIATION 2) OBSTRUCTION 3) IMPACTION

TREATMENT :

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
1) ANTIBIOTICS 2) ANTIHISTAMINS 3)ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUG

4) NASAL DECONGEST DROPS

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT :

1)SEPTOPLASTY 2) SUBMUCOUS RESECTION(SMR)

HOW TO AVOID DNS :
1) USE APPROPRIATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT DURING SPORTS .

2)USE A HELMET WHEN RIDING A BIKE OR ROLLER SKATING

3) FASTEN UR SEAT BELT WHEN DRIVING