Deviated septum 17-year old- recs

[Anonymous]

My son likely has a deviated septum. One nostril has become smaller - and he has trouble breathing through one nostril. The nose looks slightly off center—-might have been on older sport injury.

Does anyone have any recs for a good ENT? We are in Arlington. I have blue cross blue shield. As an infant/kid we have used medstar Georgetown docs- but willing to go NoVA/DC, etc,

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I see Dr. Khanna.

[Anonymous]

Dr Bahadori

[Anonymous]

I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

[Anonymous]

Dr Picken at MedStar is amazing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

[Anonymous]

Dr Preciado at children’s. We haven’t had the surgery yet (son is too young) but we will with him when he’s 16. Dr Preciado did his adenoid removal as a preschooler and I liked him. I guess I should probably look around though to see what people say since this is his nose… We have a few years yet.

[Anonymous]

Thanks all! We have an appt Friday. We will see if they diagnose it as such and go from there.

Thanks for the recs!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

Yes- we did the doc visit and they want us to go through the dr. neals saline washing and nasal spray until they would recommend surgery. I'd rather go straight to surgery. I don't see constant nose rinsing being the answer

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Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

Yes- we did the doc visit and they want us to go through the dr. neals saline washing and nasal spray until they would recommend surgery. I'd rather go straight to surgery. I don't see constant nose rinsing being the answer

It’s a great first step! You don’t want a doctor who jumps right to surgery. Surgery is still surgery and carries risks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

Yes- we did the doc visit and they want us to go through the dr. neals saline washing and nasal spray until they would recommend surgery. I'd rather go straight to surgery. I don't see constant nose rinsing being the answer

It’s a great first step! You don’t want a doctor who jumps right to surgery. Surgery is still surgery and carries risks.

Op here- my kid does have a pretty bad deviated septum. Insurance requires 6 weeks of nasal spray prior to approving surgery. Dr said he would be shocked if the spray did anything and we scheduled surgery for after.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

Yes- we did the doc visit and they want us to go through the dr. neals saline washing and nasal spray until they would recommend surgery. I'd rather go straight to surgery. I don't see constant nose rinsing being the answer

It’s a great first step! You don’t want a doctor who jumps right to surgery. Surgery is still surgery and carries risks.

Op here- my kid does have a pretty bad deviated septum. Insurance requires 6 weeks of nasal spray prior to approving surgery. Dr said he would be shocked if the spray did anything and we scheduled surgery for after.

NP: It'd be great if he can get the surgery right after 6 weeks so he can be fully recovered before prom, before summer, before college.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a severely deviated septum (the scan showed a complete blockage of my left nasal cavity it due to it) and can’t breathe out of one nostril. I’ve seen someone at Feldman ENT mainly because I have recurrent sinus infections related to it. The dr recommends surgery but it isn’t “necessary” surgery so I keep putting it off.

Also put the surgery off until I got a sphenoid sinus infection and could no longer wait. So glad I ended up getting it, being able to breathe well is amazing.

Yes- we did the doc visit and they want us to go through the dr. neals saline washing and nasal spray until they would recommend surgery. I'd rather go straight to surgery. I don't see constant nose rinsing being the answer

It’s a great first step! You don’t want a doctor who jumps right to surgery. Surgery is still surgery and carries risks.

Op here- my kid does have a pretty bad deviated septum. Insurance requires 6 weeks of nasal spray prior to approving surgery. Dr said he would be shocked if the spray did anything and we scheduled surgery for after.

NP: It'd be great if he can get the surgery right after 6 weeks so he can be fully recovered before prom, before summer, before college.

He is! He has a two week spring break early starting March 28.

[Anonymous]

Balloon sinuolasty worked well for me and is a very minor procedure compared to the traditional surgical method. In the past I used various sprays, rinses and anticongestant and they did not help much

[Anonymous]

PP here. Balloon sinuplasty didn’t fix my deviated septum but I breath better so it os not a big issue anymore