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Understanding Post-Septoplasty Nasal Congestion and Antihistamine Use

After nasal septum surgery? I no longer have blood clots in my nose, but why do I still need to take the antihistamine Clarinase two weeks after my septoplasty? If I don't take it, I will experience nasal congestion. Yesterday, I visited a traditional Chinese medicine doctor...


Dr. Jian Huangqi Reply:
You may have only undergone septoplasty and not turbinate reduction surgery, which is why your inferior turbinates may still be enlarged. Therefore, you will need to continue taking antihistamines.

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