Healing time
The duration of the healing process depends mainly on how much the patient can actually spare himself. Nothing prolongs the healing process as much as permanent manipulation in the places where the immune system is currently working. If the nasal bone is relieved, healing can occur after only three to four weeks.
However, if the inflamed bone is subjected to further stress, the healing process can last up to three months or even longer. The anti-inflammatory drugs also have a supportive effect. This means that the healing time can usually be significantly reduced once again.
Causes of periostitis of the nose
There are many causes that can lead to periosteitis of the nose. A fall or blow on the nose or the nasal bone always carries the risk of damaging the bone – in the worst case it breaks.If the bone breaks, the periosteum is also torn, but this does not always have to lead to an inflammation. Inflammation can usually only occur if it is an open wound, which allows germs to enter the wound and travel to the periosteum.
However, periosteitis as a result of a fall or blow is a medical rarity. As a rule, only the bone breaks or vessels inside or above the nose are damaged. Incorrectly fitting glasses or glasses with an incorrect fit on the root of the nose can lead to the aforementioned overloading or incorrect loading of the nasal bone, which in the worst case can result in periosteitis of the nasal bone.
However, before it comes to this, the affected person is faced with a whole series of omens. Before a manifest inflammation, however, the nasal bone already begins to hurt. At this time, the affected bone should be spared in order to prevent a real inflammation.
Glasses should therefore only be worn when it is really essential to give the nasal bone time to regenerate. Infections of the nose, the paranasal sinuses or the remaining upper respiratory tract are not uncommon; a genuine periostitis of the nasal bone is very rare. In the case of an infection, the germs can either reach the periosteum directly through an open wound on the nasal bone or spread as an infection from the paranasal sinuses or the remaining upper airways.
