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Budesonide nasal washing may decrease symptoms in chronic hyperplasic sinusitis

Published in Genetics and Environmental Health Week, April 20th, 2005

Budesonide nasal washing may decrease symptoms and antibiotic use in patients with chronic hyperplasic sinusitis with nasal polyposis (CHS/NP), according to new research presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) in San Antonio, Texas.

CHS/NP is commonly unmanageable to treatments such as intranasal steroid sprays and saline nasal washes. Dorothy Cheung, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, studied the use of budesonide nasal washings in patients with CHS/NP resistant to traditional therapy. Researchers examined the frequency of antibiotic and steroid use, symptom score, and rhinoscopy...

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