Mometasone furoate adenoid hypertrophy. Mometasone is used to alleviate inflammation and itchiness in skin conditions that respond to treatment with glucocorticoids such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Nasal mometasone is used in adults (including the elderly) and children over two years of age, to diminish the symptoms such as hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) and other allergies (perennial rhinitis), including nasal congestion, discharge, pruritus, and sneezing and to treat nasal polyps. Mometasone furoate can be used with formoterol for the treatment of asthma, due to its anti-inflammatory properties. Mometasone furoate reduces inflammation by causing several effects: In addition to the glucocorticoid properties
Chronic atrophic rhinitis rhinitis can also result from long-standing purulent sinusitis or radiotherapy of the nose, or as a complication of surgery of the turbinates. The United Kingdom National Health Service has stated that "Most cases of atrophic rhinitis in the UK occur when the turbinates are damaged or removed during surgery". Some authors refer to as Atrophic rhinitis secondary to sinus surgery as the empty nose syndrome. Extreme deviation of nasal septum may be accompanied by atrophic rhinitis on the wider side. Treatment of atrophic rhinitis can be either medical or surgical. Medical measures include: Surgical interventions include: This disorder was known