M.D. A study from Stockholm, Sweden shows that cutting out nasal polyps only helps to relive nasal obstruction. It does not improve a person's ability to smell or breathe. Nasal polyps are blisters on the inner lining of the nose. The blisters hang down through the nose to form sacs of fluid. People with nasal polys are often miserable from irritation and obstruction of the passageway in their noses, usually have no allergic cause and do not benefit from allergy injections, have symptoms 12 months a years, often also have asthma, often lose their sense of taste and smell, often have severe sinus infections, and often can be so allergic to aspirin that they can die when they take it.
Surgery is ineffective as the polyps return soon after they are cut out.
Antibiotics can help a little, but they do not stop polyps from forming or recurring. There is some evidence that some people with polyps are infected with fungi, but they are only a small percentage of those with polyps. This makes them feel better, but it doe not cure their condition. Transcripts of segments of The Dr. Gabe Mirkin Show are provided as a service to listeners at no charge. Dr. Mirkin's opinions and the references cited are for information only, and are not intended to diagnose or prescribe.