Rhinologic signs associated with snuff taking.

Autor: Hounkpatin SHR; Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin. Electronic address: speraoul@yahoo.fr., Flatin MC; Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin., Bouraima AF; Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin., Amegan HN; Faculté des sciences de la Santé de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin., Toukourou Adios MAF; Faculté de médecine de l'Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin., Adjibabi W; Faculté des sciences de la Santé de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases [Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis] 2020 Jan; Vol. 137 (1), pp. 43-45. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 04.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2019.10.002
Abstrakt: Objective: To study rhinologic signs associated with nasal tobacco (snuff) intake in Parakou, northern Benin.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive comparative study included 300 tobacco snuff takers and 300 subjects who did not use tobacco at all. The sampling technique was a stratified 4-stage random sample for non-users and a convenience non-random sample for snuff takers.
Results: The sex-ratio was 0.92 in non-users and 41.9 in snuff takers. Duration of snuff taking was more than 20 years in 24.3% of cases. The symptoms studied were significantly more frequent in snuff takers than non-users (P<0.05). Snoring was reported by 58.3% of snuff takers, versus 5.7% of non-users (P=0.000). Nasal obstruction and rhinorrhea were reported by respectively 26.3% and 22.7% of snuff takers, versus 6.3% and 5.3% of non-users (P=0.000). Hyposmia was reported by 14% of snuff takers, versus 1.3% of non-users (P=0.000). Anterior rhinoscopy found abnormalities in 81.7% of snuff takers, compared to 10.67% of non-users. Nasal hypertrichosis was more frequent in snuff takers than non-users: 40% versus 5% (P=0.000).
Conclusion: Nasal intake of tobacco is responsible for morbidity in snuff takers compared to non-users of tobacco.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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