Your guide to Empty Nose Syndrome

Prevention, understanding, and an honest look at what is being tried. Research, airflow simulation, free tools and nasal prostheses, gathered by someone who lives with it.

I am neither a doctor nor a researcher. Everything here reflects my own work and my own reading, shared openly so you can judge it yourself.

Posts Findings, experiments and dead ends, shared by people living with ENS. Prostheses Standard and custom, made in France, from 35€. Services Fluid simulations and virtual surgery on your own CT scan.

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Self-assessment · ENS6Q

Could it be Empty Nose Syndrome?

Rate each symptom from 0 (none) to 5 (as bad as it can be). Your score appears as you answer.

Dryness

Sense of diminished nasal airflow

Suffocation

Nose feels too open

Nasal crusting

Nasal burning

NoseBot · AI agent

Ask your questions about ENS

An answer drawn from a library of 40 scientific studies.

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Find an ENT

A community map of doctors who know ENS.

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What is ENS?

The turbinates, the surgery, the mechanism.

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Free tool

ENSTips DICOM Viewer

Free online DICOM viewer for sinus CT scans. Private, no install, drag & drop your files, nothing is uploaded.

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ENS Treatment Reports / Patient Experiences

Patient treatment experiences Last updated on 6 October 2026 How have other people with empty nose syndrome (ENS) responded to treatment? Browse anonymized patient experiences with surgery, injections, and everyday breathing aids,…

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How Nasal Cavity Structure Influences Empty Nose Syndrome Severity: A CFD-Based Analysis

Rumiano A., Dinh T. · bioRxiv, 2025 Summary · Full study →

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