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Sinusitis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Apply a warm, moist washcloth to your face several times a day. Drink plenty of fluids to thin the mucus. Inhale steam 2 - 4 times per day (for example, sitting in the bathroom with the shower running). Spray with nasal saline several times per day.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 21, 2009
Antibiotic medications are used to treat acute sinusitis. Suitable antibiotics include sulfa drugs, amoxicillin, and a variety of cephalosporins . These medications are usually given for about two weeks, but may be given for even longer periods of...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antibiotic medications are used to treat acute sinusitis. Suitable antibiotics include sulfa drugs, amoxicillin, and a variety of cephalosporins. These medications are usually given for about two weeks but may be given for even longer periods. Dec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
A 2001 telephone survey in northern California revealed that use of alternative treatments for rhinosinusitis and asthma is common in the population, with 52% reporting use of alternative treatment in the past 12 months to treat breathing or nasal...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Increasing the humidity in your home helps eliminate the dry air that can irritate and inflame the passages in the nose and throat. Humidified air can relieve the discomfort of colds and the flu and can be particularly helpful for people who have ...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 1, 2008
Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body's natural immune response .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Immunologic therapy is the treatment of disease using medicines that boost the body's natural immune response.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Immunologic therapy is an approach to the treatment of disease that uses medicines for stimulating the body's natural immune response.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Venom immunotherapy is the process of injecting venom to treat various conditions. The most common form of venom immunization is bee venom therapy (BVT), with honeybee venom or stingers used to treat conditions. BVT is one form of apitherapy , whi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) involves the replacement of fluids and electrolytes lost during an episode of diarrheal illness. Diarrheal illnesses are pervasive worldwide, and they have a particularly large impact in the developing world. Childre...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Nasal irrigation is the practice of flushing the nasal cavity with a sterile solution. The solution may contain antibiotics .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that opens up sinus air cells and sinus ostia (openings) with an endoscope. The use of FESS as a sinus surgical method has now become widely accepted; and the te...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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