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Living with Chronic Nasal Polyps

A full life with Chronic Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP)

 

Because life with CRSwNP can be unpredictable, it helps to know how it may affect you.

 

That way, you can work with your doctor to create a treatment plan that's tailored to you. CRSwNP shouldn't stop you from enjoying life to the fullest.12

Experiencing complications

 

CRSwNP may bring some additional health challenges, so it's important to speak to your doctor and address them promptly.7

Sinus infections

Ongoing inflammation in your sinuses can increase the risk of sinus infections. These can cause facial pain or pressure, nasal congestion and discharge.7

 

Asthma3

When you have CRSwNP, your asthma may be more difficult to control and more prone to flare-ups, with increase blockage of the airways. You may need to speak with your doctor about the dose of your asthma medications.

Severe obstruction6

In severe cases, if nasal polyps are left untreated, they can grow large enough to obstruct the airway. This makes it difficult to breathe and smell, and also increases the risk of sleep disturbance.

Your nasal polyps may come back after surgery (recurrence)

You might think that removing your polyps will mean an end to all your CRSwNP symptoms. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees. Even after surgery, your nasal polyps could and often do come back months or years later.7

The reason why recurrence happens is that surgery removes the growths in your nose, but it doesn’t tackle a potential cause of CRSwNP: Type 2 inflammation.6

There are several treatments that may be prescribed before or after surgery to prevent your nasal polyps from coming back including12:

  • Intranasal corticosteroids
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (e.g aspirin)
  • Biologics

Biologics can treat the Type 2 inflammation that causes your CRSwNP

Learn about biologics

Looking after your mental health and well-being

 

Dealing with the symptoms of a chronic condition like CRSwNP can take its toll. It's a condition that's largerly unknown and often misunderstood, which can be quite isolating. Feeling ill for an extended period of time can have a knock-on effect on your quality of life and how you feel.14

 

If you are struggling to sleep or dealing with frustrating symptoms every day, it may affect your mental and physical health. It could also impact your personal relationships, your ability to work or your enjoyment of simple things like exercising or playing with your kids.12

Check your symptoms

Our handy symptom checker can help you assess whether your CRSwNP is under control. It's a simple questionnaire that asks you about your symptoms and how they're affecting you. You can then share your results with your doctor and discuss the adapted treatment and care.

Click here to begin

 

50% of people living with CRSwNP experience distrupted sleep12

Not being able to sleep properly may increase anxiety and depression, or leave you feeling tired and unable to concentrate, which can interfere with your work and other areas of your life.12

 

Explore commonely asked questions

1 in 4 living with CRSwNP say their condition significantly impacts their emotional and mental health.12

Because the symptoms of CRSwNP (e.g. nasal congestion, reduced sense of smell, facial pain) can be persistent, they may affect your quality of life and well-being.1

 

 

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  8. Ramkumar & al. Considerations for shared decision-making in treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Frontiers in Allergy. 2023;1-13. Di 10.3389/falgy.2023.1137907
  9. De Corso & al. Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: A Survey on Routine Management and Evaluation of Disease Control in Practice. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2023;13(1531):1-10.
  10. Bandoim. Coping With Nasal Polyps. VeryWellHealth. 2021.
  11. Cleveland Clinic. Rhinitis Medicamentosa. 2022. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23393-rhinitis-medicamentosa
  12. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Life with Nasal Polyps. 2024. https://aafa.org/asthma-allergy-research/our-research/life-with-nasal-polyps-crswnp/
  13. Teeling & al. Nasal polyp syndrome: a patient-centred term for CRSwNP by EUFOREA. Frontiers in Allergy. 2024, 1-6. DOI 10.3389/falgy.2024.1372919.
  14. Hwee & al. The chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyp patient journey in the United States and Europe. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2024;20:17;1-4. 

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