Introduction: Nasal valve insufficiency is a distinct cause of symptomatic nasal obstruction. The nasal valve has been described as the cross-sectional area with greater resistance to the respiratory-inspiratory flow of the entire respiratory system. This subject is of scientific and academic importance, because it is an original contribution to the aid in the treatment of snoring, considering that nasal valve insufficiency is one of the causes of symptomatic nasal obstruction. This nasal alteration has gained special attention from specialists in the evaluation of the symptomatology of patients with snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Objective: This was a prospective, quantitative, observational, and interventionist study, with the objectives of evaluating the frequency of this alteration and confirming the momentary improvement of this signal with the use of an external nasal dilator device. Methods: Thirty-one patients who sought care at the IPO Hospital (Curitiba\/PR, Brazil) participated in this study to evaluate the symptoms of snoring. Patients with snoring symptoms, with no predilection for ethnicity and sex, age 18 years or older, were included. The study was conducted from October to November 2019, by means of detailed anamnesis. Results: A high prevalence of nasal valve insufficiency was identified in the analyzed patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introduction: Nasal valve insufficiency is a distinct cause of symptomatic nasal obstruction. The nasal valve has been described as the cross-sectional area with greater resistance to the respiratory-inspiratory flow of the entire respiratory system. This subject is of scientific and academic importance, because it is an original contribution to the aid in the treatment of snoring, considering that nasal valve insufficiency is one of the causes of symptomatic nasal obstruction. This nasal alteration has gained special attention from specialists in the evaluation of the symptomatology of patients with snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Objective: This was a prospective, quantitative, observational, and interventionist study, with the objectives of evaluating the frequency of this alteration and confirming the momentary improvement of this signal with the use of an external nasal dilator device. Methods: Thirty-one patients who sought care at the IPO Hospital (Curitiba\/PR, Brazil) participated in this study to evaluate the symptoms of snoring. Patients with snoring symptoms, with no predilection for ethnicity and sex, age 18 years or older, were included. The study was conducted from October to November 2019, by means of detailed anamnesis. Results: A high prevalence of nasal valve insufficiency was identified in the analyzed patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4133,4132,4137],"tags":[4114,4100,4161],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11802,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11794\/revisions\/11802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcdam.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}