Here are some useful tips to bid adieu to acute sinus pain. First, let's analyze whether it is a chronic or a simple case of sinus. There are three major divisions of sinusitis - acute, sub-acute and chronic. Acute is basically bacterial in origin and lasts for less than four weeks, sub acute types last for four to twelve weeks, chronic more than 12 weeks. They are left over symptoms caused by...

Sinus infections or sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses. Sinuses are the hollow openings or cavities in the bones of the skull around the nose. Sinusitis is the swelling of these sinuses because of some allergic or immune reaction. This swelling causes air to be trapped inside the sinuses along with other secretions like mucus, putting pressure on the sinus walls. This pressure produces...

After two painful sinus operations which didn't resolve my problems, I started using pulsating nasal irrigation with a saline solution, and since then my health has improved dramatically. Instead of 2-3 or more sinus infections per year I have had two infections in 7 years, and those only occurred after long 24 hour trips from overseas when my resistance was way down. I used to get colds all...

Sinusitis can be infectious and non-infectious, but most of the time the infection is present. The sinus infections affect every year 37 million Americans. The treatment is based on antibiotic drugs to kill the bacterium that causes the infection of sinuses to occur but decongestants and oral or topic steroids can help too. Besides treatment, check-ups to see if the nasal membrane is...