Browsing by Subject "sinusitis"

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    Acute Sinusitis
    (2010-07-21) Day, Andrew
    Acute sinusitis is inflammation of the skin lining your sinuses – the airspaces in your facial bones around your nose. The disease is most often due to the common cold and as a result, treatment is usually for symptoms only. Antibiotics have been shown to help a minority of people recover from the simple form of the disease, but are associated with adverse effects.
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    Sinus Infections: The Role of Antibiotics
    (2010-07-22) Langenfeld, Dean
    The clinical diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis is based on the common signs and symptoms, but does not identify those patients for whom treatment is justified, given the expense, risk of adverse effects, and bacterial resistance associated with unnecessary antibiotic use. Even if a patient reports symptoms for 7-10 days or symptoms that were getting better and are now worsening, antibiotics are not justified absent severe symptoms such as high fever, periorbital edema or erythema, severe headache or intense facial pain.
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    Sinusitis: What You Need to Know
    (2008-03-31) Lee, Bailey
    Sinusitis is an infection of the hollow spaces located in the bones of the face. I often follows a cold or allergy attack and can be treated with antibiotics if your doctor decides the infection is caused by bacteria. It is important to recognize the symptoms of sinusitis so that it can be treated properly. This
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    Sinusitis: Will Antibiotics Help You Feel Better Faster?
    (2008-02-06) Karimi, Sonia
    A sinus infection is inflammation or mucosal thickening of the sinuses and can be caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses or allergies. In 2/3 of people, it is caused by a virus and thus will not respond to treatment with antibiotics. In the event that the sinus infection is bacterial in origin, studies have shown that antibiotic treatment, nonetheless, does not decrease the duration of symptoms. In light of the lack of consistent evidence supporting the use of antibiotics for bacterial sinusitis and the fact that most sinus infection are viral in origin and will usually resolve with in 7 days, antibiotic treatment should NOT be first line treatment in acute sinusitis.