Background: Nasal decongestant drugs are widely used as potent vasoconstrictive agents to reduce congestion of nasal and ocular mucous membranes in disease such as allergic rhinitis. These drugs are easily accessible to the people over the counter without prescription. The ease in access may lead the population in believing that the drugs are risk free and free from side effects. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness of the people in Unaizah Al-Qassim province in Saudi Arabia on the use of nasal decongestants ad their side effects. Methodology: After gaining the Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, the study was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study conducted on the people Unaizah Al-Qassim province in Saudi Arabia. It was explorative in nature as such a study has never been done in Unaizah before and hence descriptive statistics was mainly used to establish significance and reference. The questionnaires assessed the demographical characteristics of the population, participants’ history on the usage of nasal decongestants, health condition of the participants, and knowledge on nasal congestion and use nasal decongestants. Results: Out of 385 participants, 54% were male and 46% are female. With regards to age, majority of the participants were between the age of 20 and 40 years 56%, followed by 40--60 years old (33%). 79% of the participants had acquired a baccalaureus level in education. When assessed on the usage of nasal decongestants, 32.5% currently use the decongestants, 64.4% have ever used the drugs now and in the past. In terms of knowledge of the drugs, 16.6% of the participants are aware of the side effects, 25.2% are aware of the medically recommended period to use the drugs, 21.3% have heard of the nasal congestion addiction, and 21.6% are aware of the medication that may cause nasal congestion. Conclusion: The study established that the level of awareness on the use nasal decongestants and the side effects is not significant. There needs to be a sensitization campaign to educate the population on the use of nasal decongestants.
Objectives: Nasal septal deviation is a common health issue that can significantly impact the quality of life. Although nasal septoplasty is commonly performed in Otolaryngology practice, its effectiveness has been questioned. This was the first study to assess disease-specific quality of life in patients undergoing nasal septoplasty with or without turbinoplasty in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This was a prospective observational study of patients undergoing nasal septoplasty with or without turbinoplasty for nasal obstruction due to septal deviation with or without inferior turbinate hypertrophy. Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scores were collected preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively and were compared with controls. Results: This study involved 200 subjects, including 40 patients in the case group and 160 individuals in the control group. The mean preoperative and 3-month postoperative NOSE scores of the case group were (58.4±23.7 and 15.0±18.6, P <0.001), respectively. However, the postoperatively NOSE score did not reach NOSE score in control group (13.28±8.13, P =0.377). All nasal symptoms statistically and clinically improved postoperatively. There were no significant differences in NOSE score changes among cases preoperatively and postoperatively according to age, sex, or the presence of allergic rhinitis or asthma. Conclusions: Nasal septoplasty with or without turbinoplasty leads to improvements in disease-specific quality of life as assessed by NOSE scores and significantly improved nasal symptoms 3 months after surgery.
We report a case of a 30-year-old man who presented with a one-year history of a right-sided parotid mass that was asymptomatic but slowly increasing in size. On examination, there was a 2 × 2 cm superficial, soft, painless, and mobile mass in the right parotid region. Computed tomography revealed a benign mass in the right parotid tail measuring 2 × 3 cm, and a fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed a Warthin's tumor. The patient was managed surgically using a new approach that involved complete excision of the mass via minimal cosmetic incision parotidectomy. Parotidectomy was performed using an incision that only involved the pre-and postauricular areas over the sulcus without any extensions, and the operation proceeded smoothly without any complications. The patient was discharged without postoperative complications Categories: Otolaryngology
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