As a Doctor and ENT specialist I actually believe Amanda Nunes had some other reason not to fight

[Kaiserjuan]

As a doctor I think Nunes must have had some psychological or other physical issue than sinusitis.
First of all, chronic sinusitis is by definition a long term illness that you have been dealing with for a certain lenght of time, generally you need up to 3-6 months before you can actually define sinusitis as chronic. This meaning that she must have known about this condition already and not just discover it the day before the fight. Second, sinusitis presents itself with specific and clear symptoms which any dumb doctor should recognize: facial and forehead pain, headache, nasal obstruction and purulent discharge, fever may be present during an acute phase.

Usually patients who suffer from chronic sinusitis are not persistently ill but rather suffer from frequent reacutizations, which may be very painful and often need a course of antibiotics.

The strange thing about the Nunes case is that her symptoms (at least to our knowledge) were absolutely aspecific and the physical examination showed no signs of a sinus infection. It would be interesting to see her sinus CT scan and I wonder if she ever had one done considering that it is a fundamental tool in sinusitis diagnosis especially if chronic.

Btw I do believe there must have been something going on (psychological or physical) but I can hardly believe it was chronic sinusitis just for the way everything played out-->basically fine up to the weigh ins and then BOOM, "wooops, can't fight I have chronic sinusitis!".

Hope she takes care of her health and comes back stronger than ever but I'm not buying this sinusitis excuse

 

[Timurd123]

Thanks for the diagnosis, Dr. Sherbro

 

[Kaiserjuan]

Thanks for the diagnosis, Dr. Sherbro

Lol I really am an otolaryngologist though, it's my job

 

[Davey Crockett]

Doesn't take an doctor to know she's bullshitting

 

[accolyte1022]

Lol I really am an otolaryngologist though, it's my job

That word is too complicated for Sherdog's spell checker.

 

[accolyte1022]

Well, you apparently pissed off a pro Nunes mod.

 

[CleverNameEh]

As a doctor I think Nunes must have had some psychological or other physical issue than sinusitis.
First of all, chronic sinusitis is by definition a long term illness that you have been dealing with for a certain lenght of time, generally you need up to 3-6 months before you can actually define sinusitis as chronic. This meaning that she must have known about this condition already and not just discover it the day before the fight. Second, sinusitis presents itself with specific and clear symptoms which any dumb doctor should recognize: facial and forehead pain, headache, nasal obstruction and purulent discharge, fever may be present during an acute phase.

Usually patients who suffer from chronic sinusitis are not persistently ill but rather suffer from frequent reacutizations, which may be very painful and often need a course of antibiotics.

The strange thing about the Nunes case is that her symptoms (at least to our knowledge) were absolutely aspecific and the physical examination showed no signs of a sinus infection. It would be interesting to see her sinus CT scan and I wonder if she ever had one done considering that it is a fundamental tool in sinusitis diagnosis especially if chronic.

Btw I do believe there must have been something going on (psychological or physical) but I can hardly believe it was chronic sinusitis just for the way everything played out-->basically fine up to the weigh ins and then BOOM, "wooops, can't fight I have chronic sinusitis!".

Hope she takes care of her health and comes back stronger than ever but I'm not buying this sinusitis excuse

My layman's guess is that she does indeed suffer from sinusitis, but is using it to cover for whatever her actual reason was for not fighting.

I do think she likely wasn't feeling good, i doubt she was ducking, and my hypothesis is that she was having very light concussion symptoms at some point in camp, but took it easy sparring wise and thought she was ready to go by fight time. Once she cut weight, she felt dizzy and headachey, and worried that she would be at greater risk of a concussion in her dehydrated state, so she decided to pull out. She didn't want to mention anything related to concussion to avoid AC involvement in her recovery period, so she went to the sinusitis excuse, knowing that her symptoms would be similar and easier to play along with.

It could also be that she herself isn't sure if she was a little dinged up from camp, and she is in denial and telling herself it's sinusitis as well.

That's my theory.

 

[Andzso]

Thanks for the diagnosis, Dr. Sherbro

lmao

 

[blewgums]

As a doctor I think Nunes must have had some psychological or other physical issue than sinusitis.
First of all, chronic sinusitis is by definition a long term illness that you have been dealing with for a certain lenght of time, generally you need up to 3-6 months before you can actually define sinusitis as chronic. This meaning that she must have known about this condition already and not just discover it the day before the fight. Second, sinusitis presents itself with specific and clear symptoms which any dumb doctor should recognize: facial and forehead pain, headache, nasal obstruction and purulent discharge, fever may be present during an acute phase.

Usually patients who suffer from chronic sinusitis are not persistently ill but rather suffer from frequent reacutizations, which may be very painful and often need a course of antibiotics.

The strange thing about the Nunes case is that her symptoms (at least to our knowledge) were absolutely aspecific and the physical examination showed no signs of a sinus infection. It would be interesting to see her sinus CT scan and I wonder if she ever had one done considering that it is a fundamental tool in sinusitis diagnosis especially if chronic.

Btw I do believe there must have been something going on (psychological or physical) but I can hardly believe it was chronic sinusitis just for the way everything played out-->basically fine up to the weigh ins and then BOOM, "wooops, can't fight I have chronic sinusitis!".

Hope she takes care of her health and comes back stronger than ever but I'm not buying this sinusitis excuse

I had balloon sinusplasty and it rocks!!! I am so much better.

 

[UhHuhSure]

I wonder if the prefight exam consists of blood/urine samples. Wouldnt a chronic sinusitis show elevated white blood cells or some other proof something is out of wack?