| A sinusitis infection may appear to be a | | | | These medications can also cause side effects |
| common cold when it first begins. Cold | | | | throughout the rest of the body since they |
| symptoms such as runny nose, cough, and | | | | travel through the blood stream and through |
| congestion generally exist. Sinusitis cannot | | | | the whole body. |
| be treated with cold medication and if it is | | | | |
| in fact sinusitis, it needs to be treated | | | | Treatments such as nasal sprays and |
| quickly before more severe symptoms occur. | | | | irrigation are also frequently used. These |
| | | | treatments are distributed directly into the |
| Sinusitis usually is caused by a cold or an | | | | nasal cavities. These treatments are used to |
| allergy. Swelling of the sinus cavity lining | | | | moisten the cilia so that it can flush out |
| occurs with a cold or allergy. When bacteria | | | | the trapped mucus and bacteria. Nasal sprays |
| enter the sinus cavities, and attack the | | | | are commonly used and can be prescribed or |
| swollen lining, greater inflammation occurs. | | | | purchased over the counter. The nasal sprays |
| The cilia is what usually flushes out the | | | | may offer some relief to the lower part of |
| bacteria and mucus but when a great amount of | | | | the sinuses but often times may not help the |
| inflammation occurs, the cilia can no longer | | | | infection since their particle sizes are too |
| function and so the bacteria and mucus become | | | | large to make it past the inflammation at the |
| trapped in the sinus cavities and as a result | | | | opening of the sinus cavities and up to the |
| the sinusitis infection begins. | | | | sinusitis infection. The same is for |
| | | | irrigation which usually uses a water pick to |
| The problems which may occur with acute | | | | distribute saline up to the sinus cavities. |
| sinusitis may include cough, congestion, | | | | Irrigation is also very messy and generally |
| facial pain and pressure, headache, green | | | | unsuccessful in treating the sinusitis |
| nasal discharge, and postnasal drip. When | | | | infection. |
| the sinusitis infection becomes chronic and | | | | |
| lasts for twelve or more weeks, a person can | | | | Aerosolized medications are a newer treatment |
| have added problems such as loss of sense of | | | | which also distributes the medications |
| taste and smell and fatigue may also take | | | | directly into the nasal cavities. |
| place. Other symptoms may also occur | | | | Aerosolized medications are used similar to |
| depending on which sinus cavity that the | | | | nebulized asthma medications. These |
| infection lies in. | | | | antibiotics, anti-fungals, and |
| | | | anti-inflammatories are broken down into a |
| There are several medications and other | | | | small particle size so that it can pass the |
| treatments that are meant to help offer | | | | inflammation and make its way up to the |
| relief for the symptoms that occur with a | | | | sinusitis infection. Generally a small |
| sinusitis infection. Oral medications such | | | | amount of these medications are used which |
| as antibiotics, decongestants, and | | | | results in little to no side effects in the |
| anti-fungals are commonly used treatments for | | | | rest of the body. |
| sinusitis. Oral medications work on | | | | |
| infections and by traveling through the blood | | | | There are many treatment options for |
| stream to the area where the infection lies. | | | | sinusitis suffers. Treatments will work |
| Oral medications use the blood stream to | | | | different for each person because our bodies |
| travel to the area where they are needed, but | | | | are so different and react differently. It's |
| in the sinus cavities there are only a small | | | | important to know the difference between when |
| amount of blood vessels so only a small | | | | you are getting a cold and getting a |
| amount of the medication can be delivered to | | | | sinusitis infection and to know what |
| the sinusitis infection which generally leads | | | | treatments work best for you. |
| to little or no relief from the treatment. | | | | |