Prevalence of Chronic Rhino Sinusitis and It's Recurrent After Treatment Compare to Its Recurrent After Surgery at Saudi Arabia, 2016.

Abstract

Objectives:To assess the prevalence of Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Saudi Arabia, identify the most affected age group and Gender, assess the most common risk factors for Rhinosinusitis and determine recurrent of Rhinosinsitis after treatment and after surgery and to compare them. Methods: A cross-sectional study which was conducted electronically through a random sampling includes434 person from Saudi Arabia during 2016. The used questionnaire includes 20 questions and was formulated to include demographic aspects, clinical features, risk, medical and surgical history. The questionnaire items were designed and written to suit the tradition and the Islamic culture. Results: about half had infected with chronic sinusitis. 61.6% were females. 55.6% were between (21-30) years old. 31.9% of infected respondents still having the inflammation without complications for more than three months. 97.6% of infected respondents are treated using medical drugs.96.9% of the infected ones have the inflammation many times after having drugs as a way of treatment, while 3.1% of them have the inflammation many times after having surgical treatment but it is very important to clarify that the first case's percentage is much higher than the second; because most of the infected people use the medical drugs as a way of treatment not the surgical treatment.The most of our infected respondents weren't smokers. 61.6% of infected respondents suffer from sensitivity. 82.9% of infected respondents hadn't nasal polyps.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Sinusitis among People in Jazan Region' KSA

“…A study from China [10] showed that chronic sinusitis was more prevalent in males. In the contrary to the previous findings, it was found in a Saudi study [7] that the majority of participants who had chronic sinusitis were females (61.6%).…”

“…Also, the large majority had no aspirin sensitivity (98.5%), no immune system disturbance (95.5%) and 91.9% weren't exposed to pollution, there were 37.3% had an allergy. The prevalence of chronic sinusitis in this study was 25.3%, while the prevalence in Korean population was reported as 1.01% [21] , in the USA it represented 12% [13] and in Europe, it was 10.9 % of the population [9] .In a previous Saudi study [7] half of the participants included in the study had chronic sinusitis.…”

“…Symptoms of chronic sinusitis persist for more than 90 days, either with or without acute exacerbations [3] . A chronic disease which is defined as an inflammation of paranasal sinuses and nose which lasts for 12 weeks or longer [7] . Diagnosis of chronic sinusitis is based on the presence of two symptoms from a variety of symptoms which last for 12 consecutive weeks, symptoms including facial pressure, fullness or pain, nasal obstruction, headache, clear or mucopurulent nasal discharge and hyposmia or anosmia [8] .…”

“…Chronic Sinusitis is a big health problem worldwide that affects almost 15% of humans [2] , the prevalence rate was reported to be in the range of 6 % to 27.1 % [2,[9][10][11][12] .In the USA the prevalence rate of chronic rhinosinusitis was 12% [13] and in Europe, it was 10.9% [9] . In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis is in the eastern province [7] , an increase in the prevalence in Saudi Arabia has been noted [14] . In one study in Saudi Arabia, it was found that half of the participants had infected with chronic sinusitis [7] .…”

“…In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis is in the eastern province [7] , an increase in the prevalence in Saudi Arabia has been noted [14] . In one study in Saudi Arabia, it was found that half of the participants had infected with chronic sinusitis [7] . Chronic sinusitis is related to bronchial asthma, analgesic intolerance and nasal polyposis [15,16] , almost 20% of chronic sinusitis patients have nasal polyposis [17] .…”