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Sinusitis is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses. When sinus will cause symptoms for patients such as stuffy nose, facial pain, headache, even fever. Sinusitis has many different forms, so the characteristics of sinusitis are not the same.
1. What is sinusitis?
Sinusitis is an infection of the mucous membrane lining the sinus cavity caused by bacteria, viruses or allergies, leading to edema, narrowing the diameter of the sinus openings, thereby causing pus and fluid. Stagnant inflammation in the sinuses cannot drain out.
To be able to classify sinusitis, based on the recovery period, there will be specific classifications as follows:
Complete recovery from sinusitis in less than 30 days, acute sinusitis. Acute sinusitis often occurs in the ethmoid sinus, frontal sinus, sphenoid sinus and polysinusitis. Sinusitis recovery time from 30 to 90 days: Subacute sinusitis. In case of recurrence from 4 times, each relapse is cured within a period of less than 30 days, then 1 time of relapse: recurrent sinusitis. Duration of treatment lasts more than 90 days: Chronic sinusitis.
2. Causes of sinusitis and characteristics of common types of sinusitis
There are many causes of sinusitis, possibly due to allergies to external environmental agents such as weather, animal hair, bacteria,... Depending on the cause of the inflammation, there will be different manifestations.
2.1 Allergic Rhinitis Seasonal allergies, seasonal allergies,... Symptoms of seasonal allergic sinusitis include: runny nose, stuffy nose, sore nose , itchy, watery eyes. The disease usually occurs in people between the ages of 20 and 40.
Allergic sinusitis can be an early sign of bronchial asthma. Year-round allergies: Allergic to allergens such as house dust, fungi, dog and cat hair. Symptoms of the disease are as described above and occur year round. Vasomotor rhinitis: stuffy, runny nose when the weather changes or the humidity in the air changes suddenly. Infectious rhinosinusitis: occurs when the patient has a cold, a viral infection with complications of a sinus infection. Typical symptoms are usually cough, accompanied by sore throat, runny nose, thick nasal discharge, possibly with pus, body fatigue, and high fever.
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2.2 Acute sinusitis Disease usually occurs in maxillary, frontal, ethmoid sinusitis, sphenoid sinusitis.
Maxillary sinusitis causes pain in the frontal area of the maxillary sinus, canine fossa, toothache and headache in the forehead. Frontal sinusitis causes pain in the forehead area. Sinusitis causes pain behind, between the eyes, watery eyes. Sphenoid sinusitis causes localized pain in the forehead or occipital area.
2.3 Chronic Sinusitis Chronic rhinitis caused by nasal sprays requires daily nasal cleaning with nasal sprays for a long time, which can cause nasal congestion in positions. Therefore, the nasal spray should not be used frequently and for a long time.
Chronic sinusitis should be treated under the direction of a doctor so that the decongestant spray can be gradually eliminated.
Endocrine rhinitis: Common in pregnant women with hypothyroidism. Symptoms of hormonal rhinitis are similar to those of allergic rhinitis. Sinusitis can also be caused by a fungus. To accurately detect the type of fungus that causes sinusitis, the doctor needs to perform imaging techniques.
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3. Is sinusitis dangerous?
When sinusitis is not checked and treated early and actively, the inflammation will become worse and worse, causing much edema, making it difficult to smell because the olfactory nerve cannot perceive odors.
Sinusitis causes discomfort, headache, dizziness. Dizziness every time you sneeze, difficulty concentrating, if severe, sinusitis can also cause neuritis, making the patient's vision blurred... So when there are abnormal signs, it is necessary to go to medical facilities to be examined and treated early.
Besides, when you have sinusitis, you need to clean it properly. Use saline nasal wash to relieve painful symptoms of nasal discomfort. Or you can use Corticosteroid nasal spray to help relieve temporary pain symptoms
Sinusitis requires long-term treatment, so the patient should follow the correct procedure and treatment time of the specialist doctor. ENT as well as taking prescription drugs for the best effect.
In the treatment of sinusitis, the Otolaryngology Specialist - Vinmec International General Hospital has applied a combination of drugs and surgical methods such as: curettage of the VA, remove nasal polyps, cure deviated septum, lead save secretions... for each disease case. Treatment is always carried out by a team of highly qualified doctors with many years of experience in the profession to bring the best treatment results to patients.
Thanks to good quality of service and medical care, Vinmec hospital is now a prestigious address specializing in examination and treatment of sinusitis and ENT diseases from simple to complex.
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