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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3097</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12226</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Shrinkage and Non-recurrence of Ethmoidal Nasal Polyp with Ayurveda Management&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Sivabalaji</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>BN</surname><given-names>Ashwini</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>24</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>126</fpage><lpage>128</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: The current treatment modality for nasal polyposis is surgical intervention but the recurrence rate is high. This case report discusses the effective management with Ayurvedic treatment of a case diagnosed as an ethmoidal nasal polyp which was posted for FESS. There is a reduction in the size of the polyp, the patient is asymptomatic and recurrence-free for one year. Case: A 35-year young man on steroidal nasal spray for a year was approached to our hospital with symptoms of continuous nasal blockage and loss of smell. The features were suggestive of nasal polyp ethmoidal type has been diagnostic by CT PNS. Intervention: Application of the paste of SwetaGunja (Abrusprecatorius) over the polyp was started and surgery was deferred because the patient responded positively. Results: The outcome of this case study reveals that Nasal endoscopy finding the size of the polyp reduced from grade 3 to 1 according to Lund Mackey scoring, the patient became asymptomatic and recovered the sense of smell. There was no recurrence of symptoms or polyp for 1 year. Conclusion: Non-surgical intervention of polyp demonstrating the reduction the polyp size, symptoms and also recurrence-free for 1 year. But long studies are needed to assess the sustained results.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Nasal polyp</kwd><kwd> Endoscopy</kwd><kwd> Ayurvedic intervention</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
