What is sinusitis?

Sinusitis is bacterial inflammation of the sinuses, the small spaces on either side of the nasal bone.

The sinuses are hollow spaces on both sides of the face connected to the nose. When you have a cold or rhinitis, mucus and debris can flow into the sinuses, and when sinusitis develops, symptoms such as a runny nose, nasal congestion, and headaches appear.

The longer sinusitis lasts, the more debris continues to build up inside the sinuses,

so sinusitis care should ease swelling of the nasal lining, which is the underlying cause.

The nasal lining: a ventilation fan for the brain

When you breathe through your nose, oxygen reaches the brain through the airway and helps cool it.

When inflammation of the nasal lining narrows the nasal cavity and sinuses, you cannot breathe through your nose and end up breathing through your open mouth.

Mouth breathing reduces the amount of oxygen reaching the brain compared with nose breathing.

Your head may feel heavy and your concentration may drop. Because you cannot sleep deeply, you may experience chronic fatigue and lethargy.

Beyond a blocked, stuffy nose, it can lead to headaches, dizziness, frequent nosebleeds, dry eyes, snoring, sleep apnea, and hormonal and metabolic problems related to reduced pituitary function,

lowering quality of life and affecting overall health, which can lead to serious conditions.

Sinusitis Care Process

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic's sinusitis care repeatedly draws out pus from the sinuses so that air can flow into sinuses that were blocked.

What is postnasal drip?

Postnasal drip occurs together with sinusitis.

Sinusitis causes a runny nose and congestion, and as mucus fills the nose and sinuses,

you may feel pus collecting in or running down the back of the throat, which is uncomfortable.

With postnasal drip, you may feel as if something is stuck in your throat.

More specifically, postnasal drip includes the sensation of mucus and phlegm caught above the uvula and on the roof of the mouth that does not go away even when you swallow.

The focus of postnasal drip care

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic's postnasal drip care focuses on helping the secretory glands work normally so that the same symptoms are less likely to keep coming back.

The focus of sinusitis and postnasal drip care

Rather than simply stopping symptoms, sinusitis and postnasal drip care should look at the structure of the nose

and aim to restore your ability to breathe through it.

The nose is connected to the lungs. The lungs are the organ responsible for breathing for the whole body and also help defend and protect it.

This is also why, when lung function weakens, white blood cells become less able to fight off harmful substances, and immune-related conditions can develop.

In this view, otitis media and postnasal drip arise when lung function weakens. When lung function is weak, circulation and recovery in the lungs decline.

At the same time, the function of the nose, which is connected to the lungs, declines as well. When lung function declines, damage to the nasal lining is not repaired, resulting in inflammation and rhinitis symptoms.

For this reason, rhinitis care aims to support lung function and build

a breathing pattern that allows you to breathe through your nose.

We look at the degree of inflammation in the nasal lining when providing care, and follow how your breathing is maintained over time.

Even if environmental changes cause inflammation of the nasal lining, the lungs' ability to recover from that inflammation should be strengthened.

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic's nasal and airway care

Real-time endoscope-guided care

Nasal bloodletting performed while checking the lining through an endoscope

We explain each step of care.

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic provides care while checking the condition

of the nasal lining through an endoscope.

We check the inside of the nose through an endoscope, observing the nasal lining in real time and targeting inflamed areas.

We look carefully at the areas that need care,

and the method and response vary from person to person.

Five-area airway approach

We divide the lining of the nasal airway into five areas—the inferior, middle, and superior turbinates and the pharyngeal and laryngeal linings—and care for them as a whole.

Rather than stimulating only the inferior turbinate at the entrance of the nose, we check your condition through an endoscope

and work from the inferior turbinate deep into the airway.

This allows care to reach inflamed areas that are hard to access, and we treat the lining from the entrance of the nose deep inside with pharmacopuncture according to its condition.

Changing how you breathe through your nose