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 2
20s 12
30s 36
40s 66
50s 50
60s 46
70+ 21

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 64
Female 167