>> YEAH.
IT REALLY HAS.
THANKS.
>>> YOU KNOW WHEN THE SEASONS
CHANGE, SNEEZING AND SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS CAN FOLLOW.
BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THESE
ARE SYMPTOMS OF MORE THAN JUST
ALLERGIES?
WE HAVE DR. ROBERT PAULE FROM
AMERICAN SINUS INSTITUTE HERE TO
EXPLAIN.
A LOT OF FOLKS THIS TIME OF YEAR
ARE HAVING THE SNIFFLING,
SNEEZING, STUFFY HEAD FROM
ALLERGIES.
BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING
FROM ALLERGIES TO SINU ITIS?
>> USUALLY YOU'LL HAVE A COLORED
DISCHARGE.
ESSENTIALLY THE SYMPTOMS ARE
EXACTLY THE SAME.
PEOPLE WHO SUFFE FROM ALLERGIES
END UP WITH THE HEADACHES, THE
SNEEZING, THEY CAN'T BREATHE.
THEY HAVE PRESSURE AND PAIN.
THEY BENEFIT FROM SURGERY AS
WELL AS PEOPLE THAT HAVE
RECURRING SINUSITIS.
WE TREAT BOTH.
>> WHEN YOU CONTINUALLY HAVE
ISSUES WITH ALLERGIES, MAYBE
THEY NEED TO COME IN AND SAY
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN HERE?
>> EXACTLY.
IN FACT, THESE PEOPLE, THE ONES
THAT NEED TO SEE US.
I'D RATHER SEE THEM BEFORE
THEY'RE INFECTED.
THERE IS A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN IT.
PEOPLE HAVE ALLERGIES ARE
USUALLY HIT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A
YEAR.
AND THEY HAVE HEADACHES, RUNNY
NOSE.
THEY CAN'T BREATHE.
THE PRESSURE PAIN.
IT'S ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T
VENTILATE THEIR SINUSES.
ONCE WE VENTILATE THE SINUSES,
THEY FEEL 100% BETTER.
>> SINUS SURGERY NOW, WHAT YOU
GUYS DO IS SO DIFFERENT THAN IT
WAS SAY TEN, EVEN 15, 20 YEARS
AGO.
>> LESS IS BETTER.
LESS IS BETTER.
>> THAT'S A GOOD THING.
>> I'VE DID A LOT OF SURGERY
CASES.
THIS OPERATION IS SO MUCH
BETTER.
THERE IS LESS TRAUMA.
WE GET BETTER RESULT.
>> SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S
LIKE FOR WHEN A PATIENT COMES
THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY
THROUGH A LITTLE WALK THROUGH
WHEN THEY GO TO AMERICAN SINUS
INSTITUT ♪♪♪♪
>> I'M JASON.
>> HI, JASON.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> IF I WAS A REGULAR PATIENT
COMING IN, WHAT WOULD BE THE
FIRST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN
NOW THAT I'M IN THE ROOM?
>> SO ONE OF THE NURSES WOULD
COME IN AND DO A VERY THOROUGH
INTAKE.
ASK ABOUT YOUR HISTORY, WHAT
KIND OF MEDICINES YOU'VE TAKEN.
>> LIKE DO YOU SNORE?
ALL THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?
DO YOU HAVE EAR PRESSURE?
>> HEADACHES, SINUS PRESSURE,
DRAINAGE.
THESE ARE TYPICAL FOR OUR
PATIENTS.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE TAKE YOU
OVER AND GET A CAT SCAN HERE IN
THE OTHER ROOM AND IT TAKES
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO HAVE THAT
COME UP.
AND THEN I WILL COME IN AND DO
AN EXAM AND GO OVER THE CAT SCAN
WITH YOU.
>> THIS IS KIND OF FIGURING OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE?
WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE.
AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE
STRUCTURE SO THAT THE SINUSES
FUNCTION IDEALLY.
LET ME PEEK AT YOU.
I'VE GOT A SCOPE.
>> YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE THE
SURGERY?
>> I HAVE DONE THE SURGERY.
THE SURGERY HELPED ME QUITE A
BIT RELIEVING MY HEADACHES.
SO TUR YOUR HEAD.
>> B VERY STILL.
>> THIS VISIT IS KIND OF WHERE
YOU MAKE THAT DECISION OF NO,
YOU'RE JUST HAVING ALLERGY
ISSUES OR YEAH, YOU'RE HAVING
MAJOR SINUS ISSUES?
>> RIGHT.
>> THE SCAN TAKES 20 SECONDS.
IT REALLY QUICK.
YOUR ONLY JOB IS HOLD REALLY
STILL.
>> I CAN DO THAT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO SHINE THAT
LASER LIGHTEN.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT REGULAR
PATIENTS WOULD GO THROUGH?
>> YES.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD
GO THROUGH.
THESE ARE JUST SOME LITTLE WEDGE
SPONGES THAT ARE JUST GOING TO
HOLD YOUR HEAD IN POSITION.
THE NEXT PART IS T SCAN, WHICH
TAKES ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
>> THIS WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD
DO WITH A REGULAR PATIENT AFTER
THEY HAD THE CAT SCAN, WHICH I
DID.
WE'RE USING YOUR CAT SCAN, SINCE
YOU'VE HAD THE SURGERY.
SO KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH WHAT
WE'RE SEEING.
I CAN PICK OUT WHERE THE EYES
ARE.
HOW MANY SINUSES DO WE HAVE IS
THIS.
>> EIGHT.
THERE IS TWO IN THE CHEEKS, TWO
BETWEEN THE EYES, AND TWO IN THE
FOREHEAD.
>> THAT WOULD BE LIKE THAT SINUS
HEADACHE THAT PEOPLE GET?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
>> THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE FEELING
IT.
>> HOW DO YOU NOT THAT IT'S
INFLAMED?
>> THIS GRAY IS WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR IN THESE PATIENTS.
SO IF THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF
GRAY, THAT CAN BE WASHED OUT AND
CLEANED.
SOME FOLKS, ALL OF THE BLACK
HERE IS COMPLETELY FILLED IN
WITH GRAY.
SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DRAIN AT
ALL.
AND THEY'RE MISERABLE.
>> SO HOW QUICKLY LIKE AFTER YOU
HAD IT DONE, HOW QUICKLY DID YOU
NOTICE A DIFFERENCE OF WOW, THIS
IS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO FEEL
LIKE BREATHING?
>> FOR ME IT WAS INSTANT.
>> YOU'RE NOT PUT UNDER VERY
LONG?
>> 30 MINUTES.
30 MINUTES PREPARE TIME, 30
MINUTES SURGERY TIME.
>> I'M GOING TO BE THAT TYPICAL
PATIENT.
YOU LEAVE THAT BALLOON IN THERE?
>> WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
BALLOON IN HERE.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE.
THIS IS THE LITTLE CATHETER THAT
HAS THE BALLOON ON IT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL IT IS.
>> THAT'S SMALLER THAN THE THING
JASON STUCK UP MY NOSE.
>> THAT WAS THE SCOPE.
THIS IS JUST THE BALLOON.
THAT GOES INTO THE SINUS.
SEE THAT FROM HERE TO HERE, THAT
WILL GO INTO THE SINUS.
THEN WE TAKE THE SYRINGE AND WE
BLOW IT UP.
IT GOES TO SIX MILLIMETERS,
WHICH IS SMALL.
THE SINUSES ARE ONE TO TWO
MILLIMETERS.
WE DILATE IT FOR TEN SECONDS AND
THEN TAKE I OUT.
>> SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW I HAD
TO BE THAT ONE TO ASK.
ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE THAT
BALLOON UP IN THE NOSE.
I WAS SURPRISED WITH JASON, HE
SAID EAT INSTANTSLY RIGHT AFTER
THE SURGERY TO BREATHE.
TO FEEL THE NOSE BREATHING.
>> EXACTLY.
YES.
THE BALLOON IS TAKEN OUT.
IT'S NOT LEFT IN YOUR NOSE.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO ASK.
>> THE DUTY ABOUT WHAT WE DO,
EVERY TIME WE OPERATE SOMEBODY
FOR THE SINUSES, WE SHRINK THE
MUCOSA OF THE NOSE.
'CAUSE IF YOU CAN'T BREATHE, THE
SINUSES CAN GET BLOCKED AND YOU
BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
YOU GET A DRY MOUTH AND YOU
SNORE.
THE TECHNIQUE, EVERY TIME WE
ADDRESS IT AND SHRINK THEM, IT'S
RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE, AND IT
SHRINKS IT.
SO NOW YOU CAN BREATHE AND YOUR
SINUSES WILL STAY OPEN.
>> THE SURGERY ITSELF IS VERY,
VERY SHORT AND RECOVERY TIME
SEEMS REALLY SHORT.
>> YEAH.
15 MINUTES IS THE SHORTEST.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES ME 30
MINUTES.
A TOUGH CASE WOULD TAKE 45.
THE BEAUTY IS WE DON'T PACK THE
NOSE.
WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOUR NOSE IS
OPEN.
YOU CAN BREATHE.
WITHIN THREE OR FOUR DAYS,
YOU'RE FEELING 100% BETTER.
>> YOU ARE CHANGING LIVES EVERY
DAY WITH FOLKS MAKING THEM BE
ABLE TO BREATHE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, TO
SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT WITH
AMERICAN SINUS INSTITUTE, YOU
CAN CALL AT 713-BALLOON.
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