| I still vividly remember how my cousin used to writhe in pain
during winter. I was too small to come to her aid. But I could,
even at that tender age, realize that she was suffering immensely.
It was sinusitis. Sinusitis is an inflammation or infection
that occurs in the sinuses. The sinuses are four sets of open
spaces within the bones of the skull. The problem actually starts
when the linings of the nasal passages swell and block the ducts
that leads to the sinuses, preventing its free drainage. And
that leads to congestion. The swelling and blockage leads to
bacterial infection in the sinuses.
Symptoms:
When sinuses are blocked the symptoms include headache, earache,
toothache, facial pain with marked tenderness over forehead
and cheek bones. Along with it there may be high fever, loss
of ability to smell and bad breath. Swelling, puffiness and
drainage from the eyes, can be danger signals of a more serious
condition. If left untreated sinusitis can lead to meningitis
or pneumonia chronic sinusitis.
It can also cause asthma. In several cases sinusitis occurs
with the onset of cold food allergies, especially sensitivity
to milk and daily products are common sources in allergic
sinusitis.
Exposure to environmental pollutants, including smoke can
make a person allergic to sinusitis.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS:
Saline flushes can be used to cleanse the noses four to six
times a day. In case of chronic sinusitis, all diary products
should be eliminated from a diet as it might increase the
production of mucus and block the nasal passage. Monitor the
level of congestion throughout the period. A warm, moist compress
of water and ginger helps to drain the area and relieve congestion.
Prevention: Exposure to smoke (especially cigarette and smoke
emanating from embers) should be avoided as much as possible
to prevent respiratory infections.
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT:
Fepar sulphur is helpful in sinus infections when the nasal
discharge is yellow or yellow-green. Sanguineria can be helpful
when the thick yellowish nucous discharge, worsened by cold
becomes too much to bear.
In acute or chronic sinusitis KALIBICHROM works as a wondrous
medicine. Pulsatilla can be used for treating chronic cold
accompanied by loss of smell and yellow green phlegm. For
cases which turn worse due to the early morning chill, Sulphu
Merc Sol can be used to treat stuffed nose and bad breath
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