Gulf Coast Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers helps patients to 'reap benefits, hopefully, lifelong benefits'

At Gulf Coast Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers, the doctor's mission is straightforward.

"We listen to the patient see what we can do to help them have a better quality of life," Gulf Coast Breathe Free's Dr. Matthew Blair said. "Chronic allergies, chronic sinusitis, any sino-nasal condition -- even trouble breathing through the nose -- can really affect one's quality of  life. I know this firsthand. I'm a chronic allergy sufferer myself. I've had allergy injections, allergy testing and take a gamut of medications -- or I have in the past -- and so I really empathize with the patients because I deal with it on a daily basis."

The good news is that allergy and sinus treatments have advanced in recent years, Blair said.

"When I first started my residency, everything was lumped into the same category," Blair said. "For allergies, you got shots and for sinus, you got sinus surgery. And that was it."

Sinus surgery used to be very painful, Blair explained.

"With all the different technologies we have now, it's really something that we can fix and improve in the office setting," Blair said. "We want to transition from going to the outpatient surgery center to treating more patients inside the office, almost like going to the dentist and having a procedure done and reaping benefits, hopefully, lifelong benefits."

Blair received his Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and immunology, with a minor in chemistry, from the University of Miami. His medical degree is from Nova Southeastern University, with an internship and residency at McLaren Oakland Hospital in Michigan to focus on his specialty, otolaryngology and facial plastic surgery.

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Gulf Coast Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers is committed to providing the best sinus and allergy relief in the entire Panhandle area, using the most advanced, proven patient-friendly techniques available. With 29 million Americans suffering from sinusitis and 242,000 annual chronic sinusitis ER visits, our mission is to provide minimally invasive options for needed long-lasting relief so that  patients can get back to living. We call this mission Breathe Free and Live Well, and it is the North Star that guides us in each unique, collaborative patient interaction. To learn more about Gulf Coast Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers, please visit our website.