The nasal cycle is the alternating congestion and decongestion between nostrils. It usually happens every couple of hours, ...

The conchae are structures made of bone helping control the airflow into your nose, as well as clean and warm inhaled air. Concha bullosa happens when one of the conchae, or turbinates, inside your ...

Turbinates are structures inside the nose. Swelling due to irritation, allergies, or infection can cause enlarged turbinates. A person can treat this by addressing the underlying reasons, certain ...

A turbinectomy is a common surgery often used as a part of treatment for sleep apnea and other breathing-related issues. The procedure itself is simple, and the recovery is quick. Inside your nose, ...

WASHINGTON — Eugene Passer had never heard of the turbinates, a set of tissues that lie in the nasal cavity. Then a doctor removed much of them, he says, and life became a mess. A New York college ...

With eight sinuses, six turbinates and two separate nasal cavities to consider, coding for nasal and sinus endoscopies can be quite a complicated undertaking. Here are five tips to help you code your ...

Researchers have uncovered new details in how the olfactory epithelium develops. The new knowledge could help scientists prove that turbinates and the resulting larger surface area of the olfactory ...