Sinusitis - find and neutralize

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

There are many things in the world that can ruin our lives. But, in addition to objective reasons - politics, bosses, weather, there are also subjective reasons - our health. For example, some innocent runny nose or an unhealed upper tooth - what could be easier! - are able to easily turn into sinusitis.

And the job is ready - my head hurts, my voice is nasal, it’s hard to breathe, you don’t feel any smells … Neither you should be delighted with fresh borscht, nor should you choose cologne for your boyfriend or a girl to choose perfume-flowers. In a word, life is not a joy. What can we say about meningitis or brain abscess, which can occur if sinusitis is not treated!

Humanity got acquainted with sinusitis a very long time ago - back in the 17th century, the doctor Highmore (Highmore) first described the symptoms of the disease. In fact, sinusitis is a type of sinusitis (inflammation of the paranasal sinuses). Imagine the nose as a corridor with sinus rooms on either side. It happens that cleaning is necessary in these rooms, but the anastomosis doors (holes through which the sinuses communicate with the inner space of the nose) are closed - this is the disease. So, depending on which rooms are clogged and do not open, they distinguish types of sinusitis, calling them all sorts of terrible words frontal sinusitis, sphenoiditis, sinusitis, ethmoiditis. In everyday life, as a rule, all this is called sinusitis.

Unfortunately, in most cases, even the most harmless cold does not pass without a trace. Colds have many complications, but one of the most common is acute inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, just the same sinusitis, which we are talking about.

Inflammation of the sinuses can manifest itself in a few days or even weeks, after the acute symptoms of a cold have passed.

Do you feel unwell after a cold? Headache, feeling of pressure in the nasal area, difficulty in nasal breathing, increased body temperature, swelling of the skin in the cheek or eyelid area, nasal tone of voice, decreased or lack of smell, nasal discharge of a muco-serous, serous-purulent or purulent nature …

All of this individually, or in full, may indicate sinus inflammation.

If almost all of the listed symptoms are present, then this condition of the disease can be attributed to a severe degree. Treatment in this case is carried out in a hospital or on an outpatient basis, under the strict supervision of a physician with active therapeutic measures. In the presence of headache, fever, serous-purulent nasal discharge, difficulty in nasal breathing, decreased sense of smell, poor general health, then in this case the condition of the disease can be attributed to moderate severity. Treatment can be carried out in a hospital or, most often, on an outpatient basis.

If there are complaints only of a slight headache, nasal congestion, muco-serous discharge from the nose, in the absence of an elevated body temperature, then this condition of the disease can be attributed to a mild degree. Treatment in this case is outpatient. The diagnosis can be made based on the examination and your complaints.

For four centuries of struggle with humans, sinusitis has become an experienced camouflageer. Now he may not show himself with the usual symptoms (headache, nasal congestion, fever, deterioration of smell, swelling in the cheeks, eyelids, nasal tone of voice, constant nasal discharge, etc.), or may be absent with a full set of these signs. For example, the cause of all the above troubles can be neuralgia, vegetative dystonia, diencephalic dysfunction, allergies. But in this case, do not relax!