Millions of Americans have chronic sinsuitis, but many don't even realize that they have it until they visit a doctor who is a sinus specialist. | Canva
Millions of Americans have chronic sinsuitis, but many don't even realize that they have it until they visit a doctor who is a sinus specialist. | Canva
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic sinus infections, trouble breathing and, as a result, an inability to relax.
People around the country are in search of new ways to help them breathe more easily and treat what could be chronic sinusitis. Sufferers in Virginia are turning to experts like Dr. John Ditto and his team at Richmond Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers, which specialize in chronic sinusitis and the issues that stem from it.
Patient Lauren Zuk praised Richmond Breathe Free. “Dr. Ditto was amazing. It (balloon sinuplasty) only took about half an hour,” she told the Gateway Reporter. “I felt air rushing into places where it hadn’t been before. After four weeks, I was breathing like I hadn’t in years.”
Dr. John Ditto
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Ditto is never surprised when a patient comes in who is not breathing to their full potential. "Well, mouth breathing is not effective. The nasal vestibule is the pathway to your health, and the nose is a major filtering tool. And we know that the nose and the lungs are considered a unified airway, in the sense that allergies affect the nose and they cause congestion and poor drainage, but in the lungs, they cause bronchoconstriction and mucus production and asthma," he told the Gateway Reporter.
Many people don't even know that they are suffering from chronic sinusitis. In this case, they simply go through life without full use of their breathing organs and could suffer from additional consequences as a result. People with chronic sinusitis are 41% more likely to suffer from depression and 45% more likely to suffer from anxiety, according to Physician's Weekly.
Additionally, a study published by JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery found that chronic sinusitis patients exhibited decreased brain connectivity in areas of the front lobe that modulate cognition, introspection and response to external stimuli.
Doctors like those at Richmond Breath Free Sinus & Allergy Centers have been treating patients at a much faster pace recently, as more and more Americans realize that they are suffering from chronic sinusitis and taking steps to improve their lives.
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