What are the early symptoms of nasal polyps?

Patients with early symptoms of nasal polyps often have a long history of nose when they see a doctor. At first, they felt as if they had a runny nose, which was caused by the obstruction of polyps in the upper part of the nasal cavity. There may be obvious nasal congestion at night, leading to open mouth and breathing. Over time, chronic pharyngitis can be secondary, nasal congestion is mostly persistent, and vasoconstrictor drops have no obvious effect. This is because there are few blood vessels in nasal flesh and there is no nerve distribution in polyps, so patients rarely sneeze. However, if the nasal mucosa has allergic inflammation, there will also be symptoms such as sneezing and runny nose. The secretions in nasal polyps are mostly serous, and if they are complicated with infection, there may be purulent secretions. Polyps that continue to grow and become bigger not only aggravate nasal congestion, but also cause dizziness or headache. There may be two cases of sinus involvement: one is the same lesion from nasal polyps, and the other is a secondary lesion in which polyps hinder sinus drainage. The former is that the hyperplastic sinus mucosa is not swollen and hypertrophy, which is the so-called hyperplastic sinusitis. Most nasal polyps complicated with sinusitis belong to this category. Antibiotics have no effect on this kind of sinusitis, but corticosteroids can improve it to varying degrees. The latter can be complicated with suppurative sinusitis due to secondary infection, and most patients with nasal polyps have decreased or even lost their sense of smell. If the huge polyp blocks the posterior nostril or even protrudes into the nasopharynx, it can still cause ear symptoms such as hearing loss, which is caused by the compression of the eustachian tube pharynx.