Chronic Sinusitis

If symptoms of sinusitis are observed for more than 3 months or are often repeated (more than 3 times a year), the inflammatory process is considered chronic. Consider the detailed information about the causes, types and manifestations of this disease, as well as how to cure chronic sinusitis.

Causes of chronic sinusitis

The development of chronic sinusitis can be associated with various causes, the main of which are:

The aforementioned factors contribute to swelling of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses, disruption of their natural cleansing and congestion of mucus. All this activates the development of the inflammatory process.

Symptoms of Chronic Sinusitis

Symptoms of chronic sinusitis are often not as pronounced as in an acute process. Basically, patients have such complaints:

Painful sensations differ depending on which of the paranasal sinuses have undergone inflammation:

  1. At front (inflammation of the frontal sinus) the pain is localized in the forehead area.
  2. With etmoiditis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the cells of the latticed labyrinth), soreness is observed in the nose and inner corners of the eyes.
  3. With maxillary sinusitis (inflammation of the maxillary sinuses), pain is present in the projection of the maxillary sinuses, extends to the forehead, whiskey, and upper jaw.
  4. With sphenoiditis (inflammation of the sphenoid sinus), pain resembles squeezing the head with a vice, pain spreads to the eyeball.

Chronic polyposis sinusitis

In the polyposic form of chronic sinusitis in the paranasal sinuses and in the nasal cavity, a pathological proliferation of the mucous membrane is observed. Polyps are formed, consisting mainly of edematous tissue, which cover the exit of mucus and make breathing difficult. As a rule, this process lasts for years.

Chronic maxillary sinusitis

Inflammation of the maxillary sinuses, or sinusitis, is observed most often in comparison with other forms of sinusitis. Due to the anatomical location and structure of the maxillary sinus, the walls of which form an orbit and contact the membranes of the brain, chronic sinusitis is fraught with serious complications: cerebral edema, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, infection of the orbit,

Chronic purulent sinusitis

Chronic purulent sinusitis is caused by activation of the pathogenic bacterial flora. In most cases, there are signs of an organism intoxication, and the infection, spreading with the bloodstream, can cause damage to the internal organs - the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs.

How to treat chronic sinusitis?

Treatment of chronic sinusitis is carried out in the following main areas:

As a rule, conservative treatment with the use of medicines is used. However, in some cases, surgical treatment is required (puncture and sounding of the sinuses, removal of polyps, correction of curvature of the nasal septum, etc.). When purulent processes can not do without antibiotics, which are appointed only after determining the causative agent of the infection and an analysis of its sensitivity to various types of drugs.

Various physiotherapy methods are widely used. Important in the treatment of chronic sinusitis sanation of other chronic foci of infection.

Treatment of chronic sinusitis with folk remedies

Traditional medicine suggests using for the treatment of chronic sinusitis such drugs as drops in the nose:

  1. Radish juice 2 to 3 drops in each nostril three times a day.
  2. A 2% solution of mummy is 3 to 4 drops in each nostril three times a day.
  3. A mixture of celandine juice, aloe and honey taken in equal proportions, 5 to 10 drops 3 to 5 times a day.