If you are experiencing symptoms like headache, facial pain, inability to smell, fever, and thick nasal mucus for more than 10 days, then there is a high chance that you may have sinusitis. Sinusitis or rhinosinusitis is an inflammation of sinuses. Sinuses are the hollow spaces filled with air, but when these sinuses get infected, they swell and block the drainages. When these drainages in the nasal cavities get blocked, thick mucus and pus gets accumulated and leads to several symptoms like pain, dizziness, ear pain, toothache, sore throat, bad breadth and facial swelling. Depending on the severity and length of time sinusitis is classified into 4 types, they are acute, sub acute, chronic and recurrent sinusitis. Sinusitis always starts as common cold in the beginning stages and when the infection sets in, people may experience the above symptoms of sinusitis.
What causes sinusitis?
Usually sinusitis starts with cold or flu viruses, apart from these several other factors can also root to sinusitis. Here are few common causes of sinusitis
- Common cold
- Deviated septum
- Nasal polyps (small extra growth in the nasal lining)
- Allergies due to dust, pollution, animal dander, pollen etc.
- Infections (respiratory tract infections) due to virus, bacteria and fungus
Several factors can trigger sinusitis like weak immune system, hay fever, cystic fibrosis, asthma, cold weather and others. In children factors like allergies, pacifiers, drinking bottled milk while lying on the back, infections in day cares, from other children etc leads to sinusitis.
Effects of sinusitis
Though sinusitis is not a life threatening disease, but it can lead to pain and discomfort in several areas like forehead, near T zone, neck, ear and head. People with sinusitis have rough start to the day as they wake up with headache, blocked nose and also have dizziness. If not treated on time or left untreated sinusitis can lead to bronchitis, asthma, worsening of asthma, chronic cough, ear infections, throat infections and nasal polyps. Sinus infection can also spread to eyes and lead to inflammation on eye lids and also can challenge vision.
In most of the cases people with sinusitis feel better within few weeks, but if sinuses are blocked for long periods then it can lead to multiple sinus infections which further triggers. In rare cases, if it worsens it may lead to serious complications like meningitis, brain abscess or an infection of the bone which can be life threatening.
One can avoid sinusitis by following few health tips like washing hands frequently, avoiding contact with infected persons, avoid allergens, using humidifiers, quitting smoking and so on.
Homeopathy Treatment
Homeopathy cures sinusitis effectively when compared to other alternative treatments. It do not focus on suppressing the symptoms, instead it aims to work from deep inside by targeting the root cause of the problem. Homeopathy strengthens immunity and controls the risk of several infections, allergies and also reduces the severity and risk of sinus reoccurrences. It successfully treats several types of sinusitis without using any antibiotics and invasive procedures. Sinus treatment in homeopathy is prescribed based on the symptoms, health history and also based on careful examination. Homeocare International treats sinusitis efficiently by using genetic constitutional method and assist individuals to lead a quality and pain free life.
