if you've been dealing with headaches
runny nose coughing or even issues with
taste and smell our next guest might be
able to help dr. Robert Palmer with
Americans sinus Institute joins us and
welcome I know so many people right now
are dealing you know could be oh maybe
this is an allergy it's going to come
and go and then all of a sudden 20 years
pass by clearly it's not an allergy
right well it probably is an allergy
that caused it right I mean you think
about it what do allergies do they cause
nasal congestion and if you have that
recurring over and over again it blocks
your sinuses and when your sinuses get
blocked you end up retaining fluid and
getting infections so you know you got
to figure out where the horse and the
cart are but usually allergies are some
type of problem with your nose vasomotor
rhinos attributes to having recurring
sinus infections and everything really
is linked I mean people oftentimes think
of allergy season is only being in the
spring right in the fall our ragweed
numbers are high the mold spores are out
so you're seeing a lot of people coming
through the door with a lot of these
bats and well it's it's about numbers
antigen numbers that causes your
allergies but think about it 12 months
out of the year in the Houston area we
have something in there that's causing
problems the fall is bad because of
ragweed but then in the summer when it's
very humid you have molds so there's
always something in the in the air that
bothers people and it just depends on
what you're sensitive to and maybe for
some people there's just no relief out
of those 12 months as we said - and I
think what's really important about your
resume - is that you're also a head and
neck surgeon board certified so when you
think about all of these other issues
that are going on
sinus migraines may be neck issues all
of that kind of ties in together they
can inter can and and the beauty about
what we're doing with this procedure
it's not surgery
we're reestablishing ventilation
designers that have to have it because
it's about barometric pressure the
pressure inside your sinus has to be the
same as it is in the the room you're in
and if you're congested and you block
those sinuses that's why people get into
trouble so with dr. Rubio's technique
not only do we agree establish
ventilation we make sure we reduce the
load in the nose that you can breathe
and you breathe in ventilate you're in
great shape sorry to jump in but we are
seeing that technique right now
scribe chose dr. Palmer exactly how this
process works and what we're saying well
we take the patient we put the patient
to sleep because it's much easier on
them there's little openings where you
can see where that balloon is on that
diagram right there it's up high in the
maxillary sinus we thread that in and
open it up and make a one millimeter
opening five mil or millimeters so now
it ventilates but what's really
important just to the right of that
balloon is the inside of the nose with
the turbinates those turbinates and some
people are so large the sinuses can't
vent and when they can't vent they
retain fluid and cause headaches and
pressure so we address both issues and
that's why this procedure works so well
and what kind of recovery time could
someone expect because this procedure
the animation that we just saw that's
minimally invasive exactly we we do they
do the patients with them asleep but
they go home that day and they go home
without their nose pack so if they have
a job that requires desk work and they
want to go back the next day they can I
usually encourage to take two or three
days off because I want him to sleep
elevated but as long as they can go back
to a job that's behind a desk or
something they can go back almost
immediately I'm sure we peek so many
people's interest by this but who would
be the best candidate I know that you
know you'd have to see every patient but
how do we figure out who's the candidate
well the history is the most important
if you're a patient that at least six
months out of the year you're constantly
complaining of nasal congestion you're
bothered by changes in the antigen level
and causes you can't breathe and you
have mid facial or frontal pain you're a
perfect candidate for this now do you
are you having infections during that
time probably but that's not the biggest
issue the biggest issue is ventilation
and nasal congestion that's what this
procedure helps and in doing so it helps
people that have recurrent sinusitis and
it's not just the quality of life for
the patient but also your spouse I mean
if they're constantly congested or
snoring coughing I mean that's
disruptive to everyone in the house
exactly when you can't breathe through
your nose and you're sleeping at night
what do you do and when you breathe
through your mouth what do you do yes
yes vibrate sounds not a freight chain
it's someone snoring okay let's put your
info up on the screen dr. Palmer because
folks
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American sinus calm and again if you're
experiencing these symptoms you're not
alone but the good news is something can
be done about it
exactly great to see you great to see
you all appreciate it