Seasonal Sinus Pain: When Is Surgery Needed?Sinus Surgery
1 month ago
I often get sinus attacks during season changes, and the pain around my eyes and forehead makes it difficult to even concentrate at work. I’ve heard yoga and steam inhalation can help, but my ENT says I may need surgery. How do I decide when lifestyle changes are not enough and surgery becomes necessary?
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Home remedies like steam inhalation, saline rinses, and yoga can definitely reduce discomfort during mild sinus attacks. However, if sinusitis keeps returning with every season change and the pain is interfering with your work and daily focus, it suggests a more permanent blockage inside the sinuses. Lifestyle changes cannot correct structural issues like narrow drainage pathways or nasal polyps. Surgery is usually considered when symptoms last longer than 3 months, resist medicines, and affect your quality of life. You can still continue supportive practices like steam and yoga after surgery, but the procedure itself gives you the freedom from constant relapses that home remedies alone cannot achieve.
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