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Anatomy and development of the sinusesOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Abstract
Rhinosinusitis (RS) clinical diagnosis in children is challenging, due to the overlapping of symptoms with other ordinary childhood nasal diseases, such as viral upper respiratory tract infections and allergic rhinitis (Fokkens et al., 2012). Allergic rhinitis is the most common type of chronic rhinitis, affecting 10 to 20% of the population. Severe allergic rhinitis is associated with significant impairments in quality of life, sleep and school performance.
The link between asthma, allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis is well known and internationally accepted, while the precise concept of a united airways disease has been postulated (Passalacqua et al., 2001). The therapeutic approach should focus not only on the control of the united airways disease to avoid respiratory complications, but also to provide a better quality of life in patients and to let them be comparable to the general population in everyday settings.