ENT doctor told who the nasal vaccine against covid will not help

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For people with chronic diseases of the nasopharynx, the nasal covid vaccine is not recommended. As the radio station explained “Moscow Speaks” otolaryngologist, candidate of medical sciences Vladimir Zaitsev, if such a person is afraid of injections and wants to be vaccinated with drops in the nose, then either a sinus scan or an x-ray of the paranasal sinuses will have to be performed before that. It is also necessary to consult an ENT doctor, he must examine such a patient and conclude that at the moment there is no acute pathology and exacerbations. Only in this case is it possible to vaccinate with a nasal vaccine.

If an acute form of any disease of the nasopharynx and paranasal sinuses is recorded, then the nasal vaccine should be refrained from, choosing the usual one. We are talking, according to Zaitsev, about acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections, as well as various ENT pathologies, such as sinusitis, rhinitis, and the like. “Post-nasal drip, mucus dripping along the back of the throat is impossible,” the doctor added.

In addition, nasal vaccination is contraindicated in the presence of sinus polyps, cysts or polypous ethmoiditis. You need surgery to remove polyps. Angina, diseases of the posterior pharyngeal wall, diseases of the ears are also contraindications for the nasal vaccine.

Source: Rosbalt

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