Study of Occupational Predisposition of Fungal Rhinosinusitis cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Suman Lata Virdi; Akshay Charak; A.D.Singh Chowdhry

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Study of Occupational Predisposition of Fungal Rhinosinusitis cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Suman Lata Virdi, Akshay Charak, A. D. Singh Chowdhry

Abstract :

Fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) is one of the important health care problems and its incidence and prevalence are increasing. Rhinosinusitis is defined as the inflammation of nasal and paranasal sinus mucosa which is associated with mucosal alterations ranging from inflammatory thickening to gross nasal polyp formation. Fungi are increasingly being implicated in the etiopathogenesis of rhinosinusitis. Out of the 110 clinically suspected cases of FRS was most common in farmers (25.4%) followed by students (20.9%), housewives (19.9%), business class (14.5%) and service class (12.7%). Least number of cases were of unemployed (5.4%) and labourer class (1.8%).