BSC NURSING III YEAR

1. Mr. Manikandan.T,
RN., RM., M.Sc(N)., D.C.A .,(Ph.D)
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing,
VMCON, Puducherry.

2. Definition
• Some blockage of nose or nasal cavity

3. Causes
• DNS
• Foreign bodies
• Large adenoids
• Infection

4. CLINICAL FEATURES
• Breathing difficulty
• Mouth breathing
• dryness of the oral mucosa and associated
• problems including persistent dry, cracked lips.
• Patients with chronic nasal congestion often
suffer from sleep deprivation due to difficulty
maintaining an adequate airway while lying
flat and during sleep

5. DIAGNOSIS
• H.C
• P/E
• CT
• MRI
• X-RAY

6. MANAGEMENT
• Nasal steroid spray
• oral leukotriene inhibitors, such as
montelukast.
• Antibiotics for the treatment of underlying
infection or antihistamines for management of
allergies.
• Functional rhinoplasty - reconstruction and
reshaping of the nose
• Septoplasty

7. NASAL POLYPS
• Passages Soft, painless, non cancerous growth
on the lining of nasal passages or sinuses.
• Out pouching of mucous membrane lining the
nose

8. ETOLIOLGY
• Poor blood supply
• allergy

9. Clinical features
• Nasal obstruction
• Anosomia
• Rhinorrhoea
• Frontal headache
• Mouth breathing

10. Diagnosis
• H.C
• P/E
• Nasal endoscopy
• Nasal smear
• X-ray
• CT

11. MANAGEMENT
• Steroids
• Antihistamine
• Antibiotics
• Polypectomy
• Endoscopy sinus surgery