&gt; By all fairness if you haven&#x27;t had turbinate reduction it&#x27;s going to be very hard to think you&#x27;re suffering from a condition that is said to be caused by turbinate reduction.<p>In all fairness, did you read the article?  The patient suffered the symptoms first (before ever hearing of the syndrome), then went looking for an explanation, then found a syndrome exactly matching his symptoms linked to turbinate reduction, thought that was weird because he didn&#x27;t think he&#x27;d had that, and <i>only then</i> saw &quot;turbinate reduction&quot; in the records from his surgery.