Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients With and Without Polyps Experience Different Symptom Perception and Quality of Life Burdens.

CONCLUSION: CRSwNP and CRSsNP have differences in symptom profile, effect on health-related QOL, and patient-perceived symptom control. CRSsNP experience significantly greater burden of ear/facial discomfort, while CRSwNP report greater hyposmia. Although CRSsNP reports lower general health-related QOL overall, CRSwNP patients had lower levels of CRS symptom control for every incremental increase in symptom burden suggesting greater sensitivity/intolerance to CRS symptoms. PMID: 32437223 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy - May 20, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Talat R, Speth MM, Gengler I, Phillips KM, Caradonna DS, Gray ST, Sedaghat AR Tags: Am J Rhinol Allergy Source Type: research