Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the nose and sinuses that causes soft growths in your sinuses. Although these growths (nasal polyps) don’t usually hurt, they can interfere with your quality of life and cause unpleasant symptoms — especially for women, who are often hit harder by the condition. Although men are more likely to have CRSwNP, women tend to have more severe symptoms, have more cases of co-occurring asthma and feel a greater impact on their quality of life.We spoke with Stella Lee, M.D., ENT surgeon and director of the Brigham...

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