Every week, the answers Sign up for the Vaal (47), a general practitioner in Nijmegen, the netherlands, a common, or outstanding question on a practice. This week’s is: what can I do about sinusitis and what if I do not have the antibiotics?

“on the skull are a lot of cavities: the oral cavity and the nasal cavity, but also the sinuses adjacent to the nose, in the bones of the upper jaw and in the forehead. Sometimes it can be a cold additional symptoms of cavities and lead to headaches or pains in the face. Chew on or bend over the pain is even worse.”

‘ The press, and sometimes the pain is caused by the common cold, the lining of the sinuses become swollen, and more mucus is created in the form of mucus. The mucous membrane may also swell and the afvoergangetjes blocked. If you are going to last several days, members of the press that is a minus, not only to your paper, but also the space to. This means that the pressure and the pain.”

“In the nasal cavity, it is important to use the sunlight to get on it again to open it. It is a minus, and the other stuff should look like, so that the pressure omlaaggaat. Often, it is a kind of concentrated snotprop that the tunnel is blocked. That’s what you get for sure with even more smiles.”

Sinusitis, in the short-term Use nasal spray is: xylometazoline three times a day, and in less than a week), and water (a lot!) And you nose, do not blow your, however, get a Consultation with severe headaches, fever and other unpleasant symptoms to the nurse, Antibiotics usually does not help,

“What helps is nasal spray. The use of a nasal spray containing xylometazoline or oxymetazoline. That ontzwellende cans: they make the blood vessels in the mucous membrane of the nose and shrink tunnel is again open. Instead, they are sold in drugstores and pharmacies, but make sure you don’t stay longer than a week.”

“this is Also rinse with a saline solution (available at drug store or from: for 9 grams of salt in 1 liter of tepid to warm water will help very good, you get lost in the thickened mucus fail. You can, as many times as you want.”

“Because the antibiotics have anything to sinusitis. They can help reduce the symptoms and to care-not even for a quicker recovery. On the other hand they often do have side effects: they kill not only the bad bacteria but also the good ones. They may also have bowel problems such as diarrhea or nausea. In addition to bacteria there are resistant to be if you use them incorrectly.”

“In principle it is going to be a sinusitis within one to three weeks by itself, if you will, but well, you get nasal sprays are used. Contact your doctor if you have high fever, a fever for more than five days, and lamlendigheid in / check-out, and if you have a severe headache, get nausea and vomiting, drowsy or other symptoms in the eye. There may be more to it.”

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