Tobacco damages the sinuses. It would take 10 years after quitting smoking to recover healthy sinuses and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis to reduce symptoms of the disease.
TOBACCO, A PERSISTENT NUISANCE FOR THE SINUS!
Le tabagisme promotes sinus inflammation and chronic rhinosinusitis, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who quit smoking will see improvement over a period of about 10 years.
Previous studies have shown that smoking harms the sinuses. It alters the nasal walls, making the sinuses incapable of clearing mucus as well as that of a non-smoker. It also promotes irritation and inflammation, hence snoring, and it disrupts the bacterial microbiome of the sinus.
To better understand how the tabagisme exacerbates clinical symptoms and influences the quality of life in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, experts in otolaryngology Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary in the United States measured symptom severity and drug use over time in 103 ex-smoker and 103 non-smoker patients. Compared with non-smokers, smokers expressed more severe disease symptoms and reported using more antibiotics and oral corticosteroids (used to reduce inflammation in sinus disease).
The researchers also observed that in former smokers, each year without smoking was associated with a statistically significant improvement in symptoms and a reduction in drug use. They believe that the reversible effects of smoking on the chronic rhinosinusitis can disappear after 10 years.
«Our study examined clinically significant indicators associated with chronic rhinosinusitis by measuring the quality of symptoms and the amount of medications needed"Said the lead author Ahmad R. Sedaghat, sinus surgeon at Mass. Eye and Ear and Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School. "We have found that all of our measurements for the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis have decreased to reach the levels of non-smokers over a decade. ».
Source : Topsante.com
