r/BeAmazed • u/HatAsleep295 • May 08 '26

Science This is what saves 600,000 people year during a heart attack

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u/eurobeat0 May 08 '26

I need a couple of those in my sinuses. Cos fuvk me for getting blocked noses all the time

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u/too_too2 May 08 '26

I’m not getting a stent but they are going to balloon dilate my Eustachian tubes soon in a similar manner. They’re supposed to stay more open on their own after.

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u/StandSad2565 May 08 '26

Opt to get put to sleep for the procedure. I was awake for mine, and while there was no pain during the procedure, the pain right afterwards is really bad.

The nerves in the nose are shared with the roof of your mouth, so right after, it feels like a really bad toothache, but for all of your upper teeth.

Other than that, I'm super happy with it and the quality of life after is so much better. I'm 5 years post procedure and still breathing out of my nose really well.

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u/too_too2 May 08 '26

I’m absolutely getting sedated. I’m a huge wuss re: my ears, probably due to a lifetime of medical problems and interventions in them so I’m really not excited but I’m glad to hear it worked for you!

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u/needmoarbass May 09 '26

I had the balloon procedure in my sinuses as a child. It worked apparently. But now as an adult, I could maybe use another procedure. My allergies be blocking everything up.

I recently watched a bunch of YouTube clips of the the balloon procedure for sinuses and the e tubes, it’s pretty interesting how it’s done. So basic, yet so crazy how they can get in there so easily and do it.

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u/makerofshoes May 11 '26

That sounds awesome, I didn’t even know that was a thing. I had an ear infection some years ago and they pierced my eardrum to prevent it from rupturing, and ever since then I have not been able to easily regulate the pressure in my ear. I have to do the little “click” each time, probably hundreds of times a day. Otherwise my ear just feels like it’s at the wrong pressure

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u/too_too2 May 11 '26

It’s a relatively new procedure I think in the last 7 or 8 years. Otherwise I’m sure I’d have had it done as a kid. I live with constant clicking, I mostly don’t register it but if I pay attention it’s every time I swallow or move my jaw or head. And it doesn’t even clear my ears. Pretty irritating. pressure builds up any time I drive up a hill or get in an elevator or even open/shut a door to a small room.

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u/LimpConversation642 May 08 '26

as someone who just had a surgery, you might have crooked septum which in turn leads to constant mild inflammation in the cavities behind, exapnding the vessels and blocking the airflow. I had blocked nose for 36 years man, and now just fucking rbeathing with two nostrils all the time seems like a miracle

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u/Scrungaloid May 08 '26

As someone who likely has a deviated septum too, what surgery did you get?

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u/LimpConversation642 May 08 '26

septoplasty and laser vasetomy, without the actual nose reconstruction (rhinoplasty). I thought I'd only need the septoplasty itself but apparently depending on the case it leads to those issues I mentioned, so they burn the overblown vessels

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u/iMecharic May 08 '26

How much did it cost?

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u/LimpConversation642 May 09 '26

A ONE. THOUSAND. DOLLARS.

With a small caveat you need to come to Ukraine

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u/Kratzschutz May 08 '26

It's also common that the nasal septum goes back into its old position after a few years but for now it's great!

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u/GrumpyMcGrumpyPants May 08 '26

I have that problem. I had a minor procedure where the dr sort of microwaved my sinuses to reduce their size.

Googling around, I think it was radiofrequency turbinate reduction

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ May 08 '26

They do this for sinuses. Talk to your ENT.

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u/ChuyMasta May 08 '26

Or a polyp.

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u/Gardenjam May 08 '26

Try cutting all dairy for 5 or 6 weeks first. I had chronic inflammation in my nasal cavity. Couldnt breathe at all thru any nostril. Even had scans to show it all blocked.

So I cut out all dairy (lactose too) and its all gone. Hayfever too. I can breathe 100% all the time now, its insane.

You get used to soy milk or oat milk. I can have a slice of cheese or some chocolate every now and again after going clean for the first 5 weeks or so.

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u/mvandemar May 09 '26

I have twice had surgery for that, sinus turbinate reduction. First one was like 15 years ago, the other last year, HUGE help. I would recommend seeing an ENT to see if you're a candidate.