Sinusitis
Sinusitis is an inflammation, or swelling, of the tissue lining the sinuses. Normally, sinuses are filled with air, but when sinuses become blocked and filled with fluid, germs (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) can grow and cause an infection.
Types of sinusitis
- Acute sinusitis
- Sub acute
- Chronic
- Recurrent
Symptoms
- Facial pain/pressure
- Nasal stuffiness
- Nasal discharge
- Loss of smell
- Cough/congestion
- Fever
- Bad breath
- Fatigue
- Dental pain
- Facial congestion/fullness
- A nasal obstruction/blockage
- Pus in the nasal cavity
- Fever
- Nasal discharge/discolored postnasal drainage
- Headaches
To diagnose sinusitis, your doctor will review your symptoms and give you a physical examination.
The exam may include the doctor feeling and pressing your sinuses for tenderness. He or she may also tap your teeth to see if you have an inflamed paranasal sinus. Other diagnostic tests to assess the potential causes for sinusitis may include a mucus culture, nasal endoscopy (see below), X-rays, allergy testing, CT scan of the sinuses, or blood work. In siddha this is known as peenism .
We first diagnose the patient and then prescribe our siddha medicine for complete cure
- We administrate internal medicines for improving the resistance of the patients and also to control the nasal discharge
- We give nasal drops(nasiyam) to clean all the sinus and also to get rid of congestion, nasal block
- We advice the patients exercise and yoga to improve the resistance to allergens.
Conclusion:
We advice patients to do exercise as regularly as possible to reduce the remission of the disease