Sinus Blog
The SAWC Sinus Burden Score — A New Framework for Measuring, Phenotyping, and Treating Upper Airway Disease
By Franklyn R. Gergits, DO, MBA, FAOCO · Sinus & Allergy Wellness Center of North Scottsdale · Scottsdale, Arizona Estimated reading time: 12 minutes · Approximately 2,800 words · 15
Personalized Medicine — How SAWC Builds Your Sinus Treatment Plan
Personalized medicine at SAWC means your treatment plan is built around your specific CT findings, your symptom history, your culture data, your upstream triggers, and what kind of day you
What Is a Hybrid Sinus Procedure — and Why Might You Need One?
A hybrid sinus procedure combines balloon sinuplasty — the most conservative sinus intervention available — with targeted functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) instruments, all performed in our office under the
Why Your Sinuses, Ears, Drainage, and Sleep Are All the Same Problem
Sinusitis, Eustachian tube dysfunction, chronic post-nasal drainage, and sleep disruption are not four separate problems. They are four expressions of the same problem — inflammation of the continuous respiratory mucosa
What Is NEUROMARK® — and Could It Stop Your Chronic Runny Nose?
NEUROMARK® is a radiofrequency device that down-regulates overactive posterior nasal nerves — the nerves responsible for chronic post-nasal drainage, cough, globus sensation, and Eustachian tube dysfunction when they are firing
What Is Septoplasty — and Do I Need One?
Septoplasty is a surgical procedure to straighten the nasal septum — the wall of bone and cartilage dividing your nose into two chambers. When a deviated septum is causing significant
