Dr. Gergits’ Insights

The feeling that your ears are full — like you are underwater, or like you just need them to pop but they won’t — is one of the most common

I see patients every week who have been using NeilMed or another saline rinse system for months — sometimes years — and getting real benefit from it. Better drainage, fewer

The most common thing patients tell me after their in-office procedure is that the recovery was easier than they expected. That is by design. Everything about the way we perform

This is one of those questions that sounds simple on the surface — but when I hear it in the exam room, it tells me quite a lot before I

When patients come in with a sinus infection that isn’t responding to oral antibiotics — or when we have already identified the exact bacteria causing the problem through a MicroGenDX

Every patient who comes in for balloon sinus dilation deserves a complete, honest conversation about risk before the procedure. Not a watered-down reassurance. Not a consent form handed over without

He came in because a coworker told him to. Not because he thought he had a sinus problem — he had long since stopped thinking of himself as someone with

You clean your body every day. You shower, you wash, you brush your teeth. You do this because you understand — without having to think about it — that the

Most patients who come to me with chronic sinus disease are thinking about their nose. They are thinking about congestion, pressure, drainage, and the recurring infections that have defined their

This is not a question most sinus patients have ever thought to ask. And it is not a connection most providers have ever made. But the science that has emerged

When patients ask me why their sinus infections keep coming back — why the antibiotics work for a while and then stop working, why they feel congested even when they

You have been sitting in that waiting room for an hour. Your head feels full. Your nose is running. You have been here before — and you left last time

This is one of the most common questions I hear in the exam room, and it is a good one — because the confusion is completely understandable. Sinusitis and allergies

This is one of those symptoms patients mention almost apologetically, like it is too strange or too minor to bring up. It is not. It is a real finding with

One of the most common things I hear from patients who have moved to Scottsdale from somewhere else is a version of the same story. They never had sinus problems

If you have been researching nasal surgery online, you have probably encountered Empty Nose Syndrome. The forums are full of patients describing it. The fear is real. And I want

One of the more common scenarios I see in my practice is a patient who has been treated for a sinus infection multiple times, is not getting better, and eventually

You breathe fine all day. You go to bed, lie down, and within minutes your nose is completely blocked. You end up mouth breathing, sleeping poorly, waking up tired. And