How to treat acute sinusitis? 7 treatment methods to tell you

Clinically, sinusitis is mainly divided into two types: acute and chronic, and acute sinusitis is also a common disease. Acute sinusitis mainly has typical symptoms such as headache and runny nose, and the treatment is also varied. The treatment of acute sinusitis is selected according to the severity of the sinusitis, and drug treatment is more common.

1. Systemic treatment

Use sufficient antibiotics to control the infection. Since most of them are coccal infections, penicillins and cephalosporins are the drugs of choice. Drug treatment emphasizes the selection of sensitive antibiotics and their use in sufficient doses and for sufficient courses. If the headache or local pain is severe, sedatives or analgesics may be used appropriately. General treatment is the same as for acute rhinitis. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment focuses on dispersing wind and heat, and aromatically opening the orifices, supplemented by detoxification and removing blood stasis.

2. Improve sinus drainage

A drug containing 1% ephedrine is commonly used for nasal drops to constrict the nasal cavity and improve drainage. Acute sinusitis can also relieve headaches by changing body position to improve sinus ventilation and drainage.

3. Maxillary sinus puncture and irrigation

Acute maxillary sinusitis should be treated after systemic symptoms have subsided and local acute inflammation has been basically controlled. After flushing, antibacterial solution can be injected 1 to 2 times a week.

4. Sinus replacement therapy

Used in multiple groups of children with sinusitis.

5. Dental treatment

If maxillary sinusitis is of odontogenic origin, the dental disease should be treated at the same time.

6. Mucus promoter

Mucus stimulants can be used to improve the quality of secretions and facilitate their discharge.

7. Hormone therapy

Nasal topical hormones or systemic hormones can be used to improve local inflammatory conditions and enhance drainage.

8. Surgery

When acute sinusitis is not satisfactorily controlled by medication or complications occur, endoscopic sinus surgery can be used to guide the patient directly to the lesion, open the sinus ostium, remove the lesion, improve local drainage, and thus restore the normal physiological function of the sinuses.