CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY IN TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS

Dr. Shrawin Kumar Singh

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY IN TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS

Dr. Shrawin Kumar Singh

Abstract :

Background: Hypertrophy of inferior turbinate is one of the main effects of allergic rhinitis which leads to nasal obstruction. In order to reduce this change steroids are used to reduce the late phase effects of allergic rhinitis. Objective: Evaluate effectiveness of submucosal diathermy for treatment of hypertrophy of inferior turbinate. Material & Methods: Study of 50 patients presented with nasal obstruction and allergic rhinitis between age group of 20 and 50 years between January 2017 to January 2019. Results: All the patient were followed for 2 years. 40 patients were relieved of nasal obstruction completely after 3 months and 6 patients were relieved after 2 months and 4 patients did not get any reliefe after 6 months. All the 46 patients had reliefe from nasal obstruction for 2 years. Conclusion: Submucosal diathermy for hypertrophic inferior turbinate secondary to allergic rhinitis is an effective and cheap alternative treatment for nasal obstruction.