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Balloon
Sinus
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Up The Nose
Sinusitis is a problem that most learn to live with. Its symptoms
include running nose, sneezing and/or coughing, headaches,
postnasal drip into the throat, frequent throat clearing, itchy eyes
and nose, reduced sense of smell and/or taste, bad breath, fever,
chills and pain at the nasal bridge, roof of the mouth, teeth, face or
eye. With balloon sinuplasty, you can clear your sinusitis and live life
without these nagging symptoms.
Gain Access
to the Sinus
Inflate Balloon
Across Ostium
Catheter
Flexible
GuideWire
Blocked
Passageway
According to Dr Stephen Lee, Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon and
Consultant at Raffles ENT Centre, balloon sinuplasty employs a
small, flexible, sinus balloon catheter to open up blocked sinus
passageways, restoring normal sinus drainage and function. Once
the balloon is in the targeted (narrowed) sinus, it is inflated and
gently restructures and widens the walls of the passageways. In
many cases, the removal of tissue or bone is not necessary. Most
patients are able to return to normal activity within 24 hours.
49-year-old Michael Scott Drawe shared on his post-surgery
experience, “There was a little mucus and blood but I was breathing
freely, something I had not been able to do for the past eight years.
I could actually feel air up my nose. It was amazing!”
Deflate and
Remove Balloon
Introduced in the US about three years ago, the technique is now
available at Raffles Hospital. Worldwide, around 30,000 people
have had the procedure done and no known complications have
been reported.
For more information or an appointment, please call 6311 1222.
Therapeutic
Music Art
&
Music and art have always been known to be therapeutic.
Many have, over the centuries, used music and art as a
form of expression of their inner self. Now, you too can use
music and art to express and understand yourself better.
Art therapy uses the process of art making to improve and
enhance your physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Artistic self-expression can help you resolve your conflicts and
problems, develop interpersonal skills, reduce stress, increase
self-esteem and self-awareness and achieve insight. Individuals
from all walks of life and age can benefit from it. It can help
you explore, express and understand yourself and can offer you
a glimpse of things going on in your heart and mind. It is also
used to assess and treat mental, emotional, physical, cognitive,
neurological and psychosocial problems.
Music and/or Sound used in psychotherapy and
counselling, facilitates the creative process of moving
toward wholeness and integration in the physical,
emotional, mental, and spiritual self in areas such as:
independence, freedom to change, adaptability, balance and
integration. Man’s responsiveness to music is unique. As such,
music is used as a healing therapy to help you express deepset
emotions. It is thought to be successful in treating autism,
mentally or emotionally disturbed children and adults, elderly and
physically challenged people, and patients with schizophrenia,
nervous disorders and stress.
Start your journey of self exploration and expression with our
therapists at Raffles Hospital today.
Tel: 6311 2350 | Fax: 6311 2353
Email: enquiries@raffleshospital.com