Genyanthitis refers to the inflammation of the paranasal sinuses arising from infection in the nasal cavity when inhaled or blood is bled on the background of a runny nose, acute respiratory infections , colds, sick teeth, as well as hypothermia, drafts, etc.
The disease develops as follows: in the paranasal sinuses, with the laying of the nose, mucus begins to accumulate, which then can cause purulent discharge. Sinusitis can occur in an acute form, but often this disease becomes chronic.
Symptoms and treatment of chronic sinusitis in adults
Sinusitis is a very unpleasant disease, it can provoke various unwell conditions of the body, headaches and pain in the nose.
The disease is one-sided, when the sinus is affected only on one side, and, accordingly, bilateral if the inflammatory process has swept both sinuses.
Symptoms of chronic sinusitis in adults:
- pain in the bridge of the nose, frontal part of the face, upper jaw, and even in the eye area, which usually intensify toward evening;
- the nasal voice appears in the patient's voice;
- the temperature rises;
- difficulty breathing and lays the nose;
- there is a feeling of nausea, there is a loss of smell and taste;
- there is general malaise, fatigue, a sense of weakness and loss of attention;
- The snot can be white, bright yellow or green, sometimes with an unpleasant odor.
Symptoms of chronic sinusitis in adults are confused with another disease, since pain and heaviness in the nose can speak mainly only about sinus inflammation.
If treatment is not carried out on time, then the disease is accompanied by a more severe purulent form of the flow and can give serious complications.
What and how to treat chronic sinusitis in adults, determines the ENT doctor at the reception. In some cases, the course of treatment can be carried out on an outpatient basis, and with a more complex genesis the doctor prescribes a referral to a hospital.
The treatment of sinusitis is based on antibiotics and necessarily in parallel with them the procedure
In addition to the basic treatment of chronic sinusitis in adults, respiratory drops can be prescribed in the nose and such drugs as Sinuphorte and Sinupret, which help accelerate the healing process and better mucus or purulent fluid from the sinuses, etc.
It is worth noting that in acute, and the more purulent stage of sinusitis, in any case, do not expose the nose and sinuses to warming. Since under the influence of temperature the infection will spread much faster and can even hit the brain.