Treatment of sinusitis
Acute Sinusitis
This condition is of a very short duration and based on diagnosis, a 10-day course on antibiotics may be administered. Antibiotics should be based on the kind of pathogens infected. Antibiotics like clarithromycin, azithromycin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, second-generation cephalosporins, erythromycin-sulfisoxazole can be prescribed. Amoxicillin should be effective to persons who are not exposed to antibiotics quite often. Apart from these, saline nasal irrigations, decongestant sprays, oral decongestants, mucoevaculants can give a temporary relief.
Chronic Sinusitis
Chronic sinusitis, which persists for several weeks, requires a 21-day course of antibiotics. The antibiotics used are usually different from the ones previously used. The antibiotics used in acute sinusitis can also be considered for chronic sinusitis. Apart from antibiotics, usage of oral steroids has been very helpful to persons having allergies and nasal polyps.1
Surgery can be preferred when drug treatments are not effective and also to treat structural abnormalities and fungal sinusitis.
Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date: Dec10th,08
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