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Classroom classification

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Sinus barotrauma

耳鼻喉科

Common symptoms

鼻端缺损、创伤、钝痛、气压伤、剧痛、鼻内痛、鼻窦气压伤、鼻塞、鼻分泌物增多、继发感染

The pathology of disease

Sinus barotrauma (aerosinusitis) is injury to sinus mucosa from pressure changes during flight/diving; frontal/ maxillary sinus pain; epistaxis.

Symptoms

Facial pain; pressure; epistaxis; during descent/diving; sinus tenderness

Causes

Pressure change; blocked sinus ostium; URI.

Treatment

Decongestants; analgesics; avoid flying/diving with URI; treat rhinitis

Dept

ENT / aerospace medicine.

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