Chronic Sinusitis - 2018 WSAAI update

This is a Twitter summary from the 2018 WSAAI meeting. This summary was compiled from the tweets posted by @MatthewBowdish, an allergist/immunologist, who attended the 2018 Western Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (WSAAI) meeting. The tweets were labeled #WSAAI. The text was edited and modified by me.

Rohit Katial on "Chronic Sinusitis: From Nasal Polyps to Biologics.”

There are different phenotypes and endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis. Chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps: https://twitter.com/MatthewBowdish/status/956681812411015168

Different types of defense and inflammation in sinus disease: https://twitter.com/MatthewBowdish/status/956685820609507328

Whether it's sinus disease, asthma or skin, the main issue is what is happening with inflammation which it occurs on the epithelium, with everything else we're dealing with, IgE, IL5, etc., happening downstream: https://twitter.com/MatthewBowdish/status/956687898060845056

Back to the major phenotypes of rhinosinusitis: https://twitter.com/MatthewBowdish/status/956688557485125634