Overview of the Presentation and Updated Management of Sinusitis
| Autor: | Afnan Mohammed H. Almutairi, Lena Defallah G. Alzahrani, Alshaymaa Akram A. Alanazi, Shaden Akram A. Alanazi, Lama Muaysh M. Aljohani, Sultan Suliman Q. Al-Ruwaili, Rahaf Naif A. Alenezi, Sarah Muqbil B. Altmimi, Khaled Abdullah S. Alasmari, Sarah Fahad M. Bukhari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Antibiotics Chronic sinusitis medicine.disease Dermatology medicine.anatomical_structure Upper respiratory tract infection Paranasal sinuses otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Presentation (obstetrics) business Sinusitis Nose Watchful waiting |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International. :23-30 |
| ISSN: | 2456-9119 |
| DOI: | 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i39a32136 |
| Popis: | Acute and chronic sinusitis are common primary care presentations. They are caused by mucosal inflammation, which inhibits mucociliary function of the nose and paranasal sinuses. Because it affects the mucous membranes that line both the nose and the sinuses, the complete medical word for sinusitis is "rhinosinusitis". Sinusitis is usually caused by a viral upper respiratory tract infection, with bacterial sinusitis occurring in about 2% of cases, yet in most cases overall antibiotics are being used and prescribed which is in most part are not needed, and cases often resolves without antibiotics need, most general practitioners rely on clinical findings to make the diagnosis. Watchful waiting and symptom treatment with nasal oxymetazoline, pseudoephedrine, and saline nasal irrigation are recommended. In this paper, we overview the presentation and management of sinusitis. |
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