Private insurance plans that cover conventional sinus surgery are likely to cover the balloon version, too.
Each winter Judith Caletti braced herself for the inevitable: crippling sinus headaches followed by an infection.
Cold Weather Mask by Allertech (www.allergyasthma-tech.com), which keeps the throat and sinus passages hydrated.
Consider the common sinus infection, which brings 16 million Americans into the doctor's office each year.
It causes sinus infections, bronchitis, ear infections, especially in children, but in adults it can be quite deadly.
Also, carry along a mentholated inhaler, which can alleviate pressure and sinus pain during airline takeoff and landing.
After she had sinus surgery in January 2009, her doctor recommended using it.
The Oprah episode Huffhines participated in helped launch the neti pot into more than just a passing sinus blockage remedy.
Makower explored the possibility of sinus surgery, but doctors have told him that his condition isn't bad enough to warrant that.
The study, published last year in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, involved laboratory work with sinus tissue samples from 56 people.
Caletti, who'd heard horror stories about the scarring and failure rates common to sinus surgery, was reluctant to go under the knife.
Doctors who first saw him said the former president thought it was a sinus flare-up and insisted on returning to his hotel.
Meanwhile, Johnny Bonta was knocked unconscious with a bat, his nose and sinus cavities broken and bleeding, with stab wounds on his neck.
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Touch can be affected by arthritis and other physically impairing diseases as your sense of smell by sinus infections, medications, as well as allergies.
Stumped, her ear, nose and throat specialist referred her to Winston Vaughan, surgeon and director of the California Sinus Institute in nearby Palo Alto.
Patients with persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation are also indicated for single chamber ventricular pacers unless efforts are being made to restore sinus rhythm.
Single lead VDD pacing in those with intact sinus node function (i.e. a young patient with congenital AV block) gets a class IIa indication.
If you've had a history of migraines, for example, you could be denied coverage related to headaches, sinus infections and other vaguely related problems.
Its fans will tell you that it relieves a variety of ills--from asthma, hay fever and sinus infections to chronic pain, arthritis, inflammation and migraine.
This surgery, unlike most sinus surgeries, leaves the mucosal lining intact.
"This was a little bit different because it's on the inferior orbit, so what's underneath me is sinus, not brain, " Polonski said of Luetscher's case.
Prolonged or recurrent bacterial sinus infections can merit evaluation for diabetes and some rare immunodeficiency conditions that involve the inability to mount an antibody defense.
However, many doctors now go to Cipro and Levaquel first, prescribing them for ear infections, sinus infections, urinary tract infections, and many other common bacterial diseases.
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Sinus node dysfunction (SND) gets a clear endorsement for dual chamber (DDD) pacing with a class I indication, even in those without manifest AV conduction abnormalities.
Many of us have already spent springs feeling like a total wreck, between the sneezing, itchy eyes and sinus headaches, no matter which antihistamine we take.
Enroth, who started because Ryan Miller was sidelined because of a sinus infection, earned his first victory since a 5-1 win over Washington on Nov. 26, 2011.
Studies have found that most people who complain to their doctors about headaches have migraines -- as do nearly 90% of people who think they have sinus headaches.
Sinusitis describes a range of unpleasant and sometimes debilitating symptoms that include nasal and sinus inflammation, congestion, cough, runny nose, difficulty breathing, and a reduced sense of smell.
And echinacea's ability to prevent (rather than improve) colds still isn't fully understood, says Jordan Josephson, MD, a sinus specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City.
He has a pounding sinus headache that he needs to get rid of so he can return to his job as a logistics manager at his dad's chemical company.
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