by Richard Harvey | Nov 11, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
When we can’t smell, the sensation is very disturbing. The flavor of food that we detect is 70% related to smell. Smell or olfaction is such an important but often underated human sense. Our sense of smell is one of the most primitive sensory functions in...
by Richard Harvey | Oct 27, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog, Scientific advancements in nose and sinus diseaes
So much is still poorly understood about the disease process that drives the formation of nasal polyps. For a long time now, the medical community acknowledges that the origins of adult-onset nasal polyps is primarily an inflammatory disorder (as is adult-onset...
by Richard Harvey | Sep 15, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog, Scientific advancements in nose and sinus diseaes, Uncategorized
We have all experienced the post nasal drip or mucus sensation. It is not uncommon for all of us to have such sensations at the tail end of a viral upper respiratory track infection and when we are dehydrated. We see a lot of patients that have these symptoms, and...
by Richard Harvey | Aug 15, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease
So much has been said about safety in sinus surgery. There are terrible examples of operations that went wrong and either the brain or the eye were injured. But despite these events becoming less frequent over time, we still see reports of disastrous outcomes in...
by Richard Harvey | Jul 8, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
Comprehensive management is required to treat skullbase/orbital abscess and sinus infection After months of headaches, loss of vision and recurring facial abscesses, comprehensive management and endoscopic drainage of a skull base abscess has given Savannah her life...
by Richard Harvey | Jul 7, 2018 | Interesting articles on nose and sinus disease, Nose and Sinus Blog
The appropriate interventions for the frontal sinus is still often debated. A recent scientific publication on frontal sinus disease relative to the extent of prior frontal sinus surgery was published in the European literature. This research supports prior...
