NUFFIELD HEALTH
Mr Ali Al-Hussaini, ENT specialist
a tiny balloon in the blocked sinuses and then removing it. Enquire about a referral to an ENT surgeon if snoring is affecting aspects of your life, such as causing excessive tiredness and poor concentration, or relationship problems with your partner. Excessive daytime sleepiness should be taken seriously, because it increases the risk of a road traffic accident - one in five road traffic accidents are caused by excessive sleepiness. ENT specialist Mr Ali Al-Hussaini explains, “Sleep apnoea is a condition that interrupts your breathing when you are asleep and the cessation of breathing automatically forces you to wake up in order to start breathing again. This interferes with your sleep and quality of life. To treat this there are a number of surgical options to improve the nasal airway or to improve the upper airway.” Nasal reconstruction or rhinoplasty, is surgery that changes the shape of the nose. This can be to improve appearance, breathing or both. Mr Al-Hussaini says ‘In contrast to filler injections that allow temporary contouring, rhinoplasty surgery achieves a permanent improvement in appearance including the removal of hump, reduction of size and tip enhanced rotation’. Nuffield Health Cardfiff and Vale Hospitals, please call 02920 836714 or see www.nuffieldhealth.com/hospitals/cardiff-and-vale Style of the city 65
