subject: Remedies for Sinus Infection - How and What are The Ways to Treat Sinus Infections [print this page] Remedies for Sinus Infection - How and What are The Ways to Treat Sinus Infections
Remedies for Sinus Infection in general are:
Antibiotics
Analgesics
Decongestants
Drainage of fluid by surgery
Based on the cause :
For sinusit infection caused by a virus, so antibiotics are not needed. Drugs commonly given to sinusitis because the virus is a pain reliever such as paracetamol and decongestants.
For sinusit infection caused by bacteria, the symptoms are when there is pain in the face, purulent nasal mucus, and symptoms that occur more than a week. Sinusitis is a bacterial infection is generally treated using antibiotics. The selection of antibiotics based on the type of bacteria that most commonly affects the sinuses due to get the correct antibiotics had to wait at the results of germ cultures that take a long time.
Five types of bacteria that most commonly infect the sinuses are:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Staphylococcus aureus, and
Streptococcus pyogenes.
Antibiotics chosen should be able to kill five kinds of bacteria. Some choice antibiotics among others:
Amoxicillin,
cefaclor,
Azithromycin, and
Cotrimoxazole.
If there is no improvement within five days will be considered to give amoxicillin plus klavulanat acid. Antibiotics recommended minimum of 10 to 14 days.
Giving Mukolitik, decongestants and can help to smooth drainage of fluid mucus. For the chronic cases, may be considered conduct mucous fluid drainage by surgery.
For patients with chronic or recurrent sinusitis, the following test is necessary:
allergy testing
HIV test or tests to see low immune function
nasal cytology
cystic fibrosis
What complications of sinusitis?
Serious complications are rare, but probably the most serious is the spread of infection to the brain that can cause death.
Conclusion
Sinusitis if treated early with appropriate treatment will be able to heal properly should be considered also to use natural medicine because of drug use in the long term will give side effects detrimental to health.
