Abstract

Violation of the ecological state of the environment has led to the fact that the center of gravity in otorhinolaryngology has shifted towards rhinology. The curvature of the nasal septum is the most common cause of persistent and severe obstruction of nasal breathing, as well as violations of all the numerous functions of the nose, the development of inflammatory and degenerative processes in the upper respiratory tract. In the case of trouble-free functioning of the nasal cavity of a person, first of all, he is worried (or not worried) by the existing cosmetic function, its preservation or correction. However, the situation changes dramatically when there are disorders of the respiratory, olfactory, protective functions of the nasal cavity. Violation of these functions can cause a person to have complaints and symptoms that are understandable to him, such as difficulty in nasal breathing, one or two sides, excessive secretion of nasal secretions, postnasal rhinorrhea, frequent acute sinusitis or exacerbation of chronic sinusitis, and it is not clear how headache pain, otitis media, dysfunction of the auditory tube, manifestations of rhinocardinal, rhinocerebral and rhinopulmonary reflexes. And not the last place in the occurrence of these complaints and conditions belongs to the nasal septum.

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