What is the best treatment for Sinus infections?
Question by KrisVolker: What is the best treatment for Sinus infections?
I get sinus infections 2 to 3 times a year. There is a lot of drainage that casues throat soarness and a genreal sourness in my sinuses. It typically lasts 5 to 6 days at a time.
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Answer by WonderWoman
If it is a true infection then you need antiboitics. I would also recommend steaming your sinuses. Get a pot of boiling water and put your face above it with a towel over your head. Breathe in the steam for 15-20 minutes.
For preventative maintenance, snort salt water up your sinusus. Dissolve salt in water, take a handful and snort it in. It takes a while to get used to the sensation of the water running down your throat, but it cleans out pollen and other irritatants plus moisturizes your nasal passages.
I have a lot of problems with my sinuses and I use a prescription nasal spray daily called Nasonex.
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The symptoms of bacterial sinusitis and a cold can be identical. But what is an effective treatment for one isn’t effective for the other. Antibiotics (anti-bacterial agents) are intended to kill bacteria. If sinus symptoms are caused by bacterial infection, then antibiotics can help. If symptoms are caused by a cold, antibiotics are useless, because a cold is viral.
The widespread use of antibiotics when they are not necessary has contributed to an increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant strains of many dangerous bacteria. Therefore, it is important that you and your doctor do not attempt to treat a viral cold with an antibiotic.
Because of the resistance that many bacteria have developed to commonly prescribed antibiotics, some ENT physicians recommend taking a culture endoscopically. In two or three days, the microbiology laboratory can identify the type of bacteria growing in the culture so that the physician can prescribe an effective antibiotic. About half of all bacterial sinus infections will resolve without antibiotics.
Because the symptoms of bacterial sinusitis and a cold can be identical, it is common to assume that a sinus infection lasting less than 5 to 7 days is a viral infection, and therefore does not require an antibiotic. If sinus symptoms do not improve after 5 to 7 days, it becomes more likely that the infection is caused by bacteria and will respond to an antibiotic.
Generally speaking, you should be able to detect an improvement in your symptoms within one or two days of starting an effective antibiotic. If, on the other hand, you only start to feel well toward the tenth day of the antibiotic, the antibiotic is probably not contributing to improvement and the infection would have resolved on its own.
A mild, warm saline solution as nose drops will wash away the mucous that is plugging your sinus cavities. It’s very effective even though it sounds gross. The “wash” will help you spit out the mucous that seems to have accumulated above your soft palate. You can find OTC saline nose drops or mix it yourself using slightly warm water and salt from your own kitchen. A dropper is better to help control the dose but you can use a spoon if you’re careful not to use too much.