What is deviated nasal septum?

A nasal septum deviation is where the partition between the two nasal pathways are misaligned. This can be caused by a variety of things including trauma or certain conditions.

How do members experience deviated nasal septum?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with deviated nasal septum*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for deviated nasal septum*

*Data from patients with deviated nasal septum, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with deviated nasal septum*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
for deviated nasal septum (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
deviated nasal septum (4)

*Data from patients with deviated nasal septum, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has deviated nasal septum on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 17
30s 38
40s 64
50s 54
60s 47
70+ 28

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 68
Female 176

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What is deviated nasal septum?

A nasal septum deviation is where the partition between the two nasal pathways are misaligned. This can be caused by a variety of things including trauma or certain conditions.



Common symptoms reported by people with deviated nasal septum

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for deviated nasal septum

Treatment name(s)
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Type
Surgery
How many have tried
48
Tried for
deviated nasal septum (4)

Data from patients with deviated nasal septum, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with deviated nasal septum

Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment name(s)
Perceived effectiveness
for deviated nasal septum (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
deviated nasal septum (4)
  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
  • Severe
  • Moderate
  • Mild
  • None

Data from patients with deviated nasal septum, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has deviated nasal septum on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 43 say deviated nasal septum is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 17
30s 38
40s 64
50s 54
60s 47
70+ 28
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 39
20-29 years 21
30-39 years 15
40-49 years 9
50-59 years 6
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 68
Female 176

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 114
Not Diagnosed 4

These charts show data from deviated nasal septum patients who have completed their condition history
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