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- What are nasal polyps?
- Symptoms of nasal polyps
- Causes of nasal polyps
- Prevention of nasal polyps
- Risk factors for nasal polyps
- Complications of nasal polyps
- When to see a doctor about nasal polyps
- Diagnosis of nasal polyps
- Conventional treatment of nasal polyps
- Alternative/complementary treatment of nasal polyps
- Living with nasal polyps
- Caring for someone with nasal polyps
Caring for someone with nasal polyps
Partner
There are a number of strategies that are useful to help a partner with nasal polyps:
- Check on your partner's breathing - while in bed, if you are awake and your partner is sleeping, try to check on their breathing to confirm whether or not they are breathing properly. If your partner is snoring a lot or has sleep apnoea (stops and starts breathing) while they are sleeping, they should visit a doctor to have further evaluation of their symptoms
- Don't smoke - cigarette smoke irritates the sinus passages, which may cause further inflammation. If you need to smoke, do so away from your partner so that they are not exposed to your second-hand smoke
- Remove exposure to allergens- if your partner is allergic to specific substances, ensure you do not bring them into their environment, as that can make their symptoms worse
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Friends
There are a number of strategies that are useful to help a friend with nasal polyps:
- Don't smoke - cigarette smoke irritates the sinus passages, which may cause further inflammation. If you need to smoke, do so away from your friend so that they are not exposed to your second-hand smoke
Parents
There are a number of strategies that are useful to help a child with nasal polyps:
- Check on your child's breathing - when your child is sleeping, try to check on their breathing to confirm whether or not they are breathing properly. If your child is snoring a lot or has sleep apnoea (stops and starts breathing) while they are sleeping, they should visit a doctor to have further evaluation of their symptoms
- Don't smoke - cigarette smoke irritates the sinus passages, which may cause further inflammation. If you need to smoke, do so away from your child so that they are not exposed to your second-hand smoke
- Increase intake of fish, nuts and seeds - oily fish (such as salmon) as well as nuts and seeds have high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which have excellent anti-inflammatory properties. The omege-3 fatty acids in the fish may help to reduce nasal symptoms which can reduce incidence of nasal polyps developing in the first place
- Recommend more vegetables - dark green leafy vegetables are a rich source of nutrients, are high in antioxidants and are rich in water, so they provide a great deal of nutrition for the body and help it
- Remove carpeting - if your child has been tested to have an allergy to dust and dust mites and they have chronic sinusitis or allergic rhinitis, it would be much more beneficial for their respiratory health to live in an environment which does not have any carpeting on the floors as that will exacerbate symptoms
- Remove exposure to allergens - if your child is allergic to specific substances, ensure you do not bring them into their environment, as that can make their symptoms worse
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< living with nasal polyps Last reviewed: 3 January 2009 || Last updated: 6 January 2010
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
