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Thursday, 1 January 2015

The loss of too much Turbinate Tissue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_nose_syndrome

The loss of too much turbinate tissue may cause the remaining mucosa at the vicinity of the site of resection, and directly behind and above that area, to gradually become more and more inflamed, dry, go through metaplasia, endertitis and eventually atrophy. As a result all four major functions of the nose become impaired:breathing, defense, olfaction, and phonology.

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