The nasal mucosa has vascular structures that can swell when lying down flat. Try laying down and moving side to side to unblock the nose. Turbinate nasal surgery in our office would relieve that problem.

Allergies and many other serious sinus conditions have the same symptoms. Find out more about your sinus, ear, nose and throat symptoms, and our procedure Balloon Sinuplasty procedure to see how we can relieve your symptoms.

You may have positional vertigo which can easily be treated by having a VNG test in our office. Read more about the test in our VNG testing section.

If you have chronic facial pain, headaches and nasal congestion that has not responded to at least three weeks of medical management, than you may be a candidate for Balloon Sinuplasty procedure.

No, in the Balloon Sinuplasty procedure, Dr. Collette inserts a small, flexible balloon catheter into your blocked nasal passageways and inflates it slightly to restructure the airway. Then, he removes the balloon catheter once the passageways have been restructured.

No, Balloon Sinuplasty is an outpatient procedure, so you are not required to stay in the hospital overnight. Also, because the procedure does not remove any tissue or bone, recovery time is extremely short.

If you have a hearing test that shows a moderate hearing loss in the speech range (the range of frequencies in which humans speak), then you would benefit from hearing aid amplification. Contact our office for more information.

If you have sleepless nights, trouble breathing while laying down, and you snore excessively, then perhaps you have sleep apnea. Read more about the effects of snoring and contact our office to learn more about diagnosing your sleep apnea with a sleep test.

The FDA-approved technology gently restructures the passageways in your nose without compromising the sinus lining or removing bone and tissue, making it less invasive and damaging than other sinus surgeries. Extensive tests have proven there are no adverse effects and symptoms improve in most patients.