A Study of Incidence and Clinical Presentation of Deviated Nasal Septum in Western UP

Septal deformity is of two kinds, which may occur independently, or together: 1) anterior cartilage deformity of the quadrilateral septal cartilage, caused by direct trauma or pressure at any age; and 2) combined septal deformity involving all the septal components, caused by compression across the maxilla from pressures occurring during pregnancy or parturition. This is part of a facial deformity. The incidence of septal deformity and symptoms attributed by it was investigated in 50 patients in the out door of Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences. It seems that the focus of attention in the recent studies have been shown towards finding out the incidence of deviated nasal septum in the general population. This possibility suggest that majority of the authors believed that the septal deviation may be considered to be present in all but gains significance only when it is severe enough to cause disturbances in the physiology of nose. Result: The present study showed the incidence of septal deviation to be maximum in the age group of 21-30 yrs in which males were around 74% and females being 26%. In this students were found more affected that was around 30%. Trauma was found to be the aetiological factor of septal deviation and nasal blockage was the one of the major responses to this deviation. Conclusion: Septal deviation is considered to be present in all but it gains significance only when it is severe enough to cause disturbance in the normal physiology of nose leading to clinical presentation of sinusitis.