Directory of Nose and Paranasal Sinuses Resources

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The nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration. The paranasal sinuses are eight (four pairs) air-filled spaces, or sinuses, within the bones of the skull and face.

Subcategories

• Anosmia
• Congenital Anomalies
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis

Resources in This Category

• eMedicine Health - Foreign Body, Nose

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/foreign_body_nose/article_em.htm
  Consumer health resource center providing the symptoms and treatment of this common problem.

• eMedicine Health - Nosebleeds

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/nosebleeds/article_em.htm
  Presents the causes, symptoms, and treatment.

• Epistaxis: eMedicine

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/764719-overview
  Provides an overview of this condition characterized by acute hemorrhage from the nose, its pathophysiology, clinical signs, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

• European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2007

  http://www.ep3os.org/
  European guidance on the treatment of acute and chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis for professionals.

• Foreign Body in Nose

  http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0309.htm
  What to do and what not to do when a foreign object is in the nose.

• Nasal Polyps

  http://american-rhinologic.org/patientinfo.nasalpolyps.phtml
  Nasal polyps are non-cancerous growths occurring in the nose or sinuses. This article provides information on the problems they cause and the treatments available.

• NHS Choices: Catarrh

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Catarrh/
  Provides information on this excessive build-up of mucus in one of the airways. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

• NHS Choices: Nasal Polyps

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Polyps-nose/
  Provides information on these fleshy swellings that grow from the lining of the nose or sinuses. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

• NHS Choices: Nosebleed

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Nosebleed/
  Provides information on why nosebleeds occur and when they should be considered more serious.

• RadiologyInfo: Computed Tomography of the Sinuses

  http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=sinusct
  Learn what patients might experience, how to prepare for the procedure and the benefits versus the risks.

• Rhinology

  http://www.drtbalu.com/rhinology.html
  Dr. T. Balasubramanian provides an educational site for medical students covering many of the conditions that affect the nose and sinuses.

• Rhinology International Journal

  http://www.rhinologyjournal.com/
  Official Organ of the International Rhinologic Society. The journal publishes original papers on basic research and clinical studies in the major field of rhinology, including physiology, diagnostics, pathology, immunology, medical therapy and surgery of both the nose and paranasal sinuses.

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