golden rules of rhinology
Last reviewed 01/2018
- serosanguinous discharge is a tumour of the nose or postnasal sinus until proven otherwise
- swelling of the cheek is never due to sinusitis; it is a result of tumour or dental disease
- unilateral nasal polyps are tumour until proven otherwise
- unilateral closed, swollen eyelid in a child or a young adult is acute ethmoiditis or post septal infection
- if ephedrine or otrivine are used for more than two weeks then rebound rhinitis is possible
- frontal sinusitis should be refered to the ENT department
- child with unilateral, smelly discharge from the nose has a foreign body in the nose until proven otherwise