There is no such person on Earth who has never encountered a runny nose. Unfortunately, many do not even imagine what frequent and prolonged nasal congestion can turn into. So ignoring the runny nose over and over again, in the end a person will feel all the "charms" of sinusitis on himself.
What is sinusitis
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the maxillary sinus mucosa. Sinusitis is a form of sinusitis. Sinusitis - inflammation of the sinuses, progresses against the background of an infectious disease. Sinusitis can occur individually or in conjunction with other types of sinusitis.
Reasons for the appearance
Activators of the disease are very diverse. There is no single reason for the appearance of sinusitis. However, the main factors for the development of the disease can be identified.
Causes of sinusitis:
- Infection. With a decrease in immunity.
- Allergic reaction.
- Medicine.
- Predisposition.
- Vasomotor sinusitis.
Symptoms
The first signs of the disease remain unnoticed by humans. He simply ignores them and takes no action, and in some cases does not even suspect the development of sinusitis. Meanwhile, the first signs of the disease are weakness throughout the body, fatigue, muscle pain, fever. More obvious signs of sinusitis appear much later.
The most striking symptoms of the disease:
- Sinus pain.
- Trouble breathing.
- Lack of smell.
- Tearing and painful reaction to bright light.
- Pain in the forehead and temples (such painful sensations make themselves felt at any one particular time of the day).
- Green-yellow mucous discharge from the nose.
The presence of such a disease as sinusitis in a person most often indicates a disregard for his health or the impossibility of receiving the right treatment. After all, this disease is for the most part a complication of untreated infectious or viral diseases.
Disease treatment
Sinusitis is dangerous if not treated? These are the first thoughts that arose after detecting signs of an illness in a sick person. The main reason why sinusitis is dangerous is a threat to the brain, since the inflammatory process is located directly near its shell. Due to just these circumstances, it is recommended to cure it at the initial stage, rather than wait until the disease passes into a neglected form.
Undoubtedly, the first step of the sick person is to visit a doctor. The specialist who should be consulted with nose diseases is an otolaryngologist. He will conduct a study of the sinuses of the nose, send him for an X-ray and, based on the results, make an accurate diagnosis. Only a doctor is able to accurately determine sinusitis, what is dangerous and how to treat it in each individual case. To date, many drugs have been developed that completely relieve the disease. Therefore, do not be afraid to visit an otolaryngologist, because surgery is the latest means of combating sinusitis.
Drug treatment leads to the successful elimination of sinusitis with the strict implementation of all the doctor's recommendations. This therapy includes taking antibiotics, antihistamines. The former are used to eliminate germs, the latter to reduce swelling of the mucosa. These drugs are supplemented with vasodilator drops, which help to reduce the output of mucus from the nose.
Puncture with sinusitis
The doctor resorts to surgical intervention in the form of a puncture in the exceptional case when the purulent fluid in the maxillary sinuses has accumulated in a huge volume and is not able to come out naturally. This procedure is performed so that complications of the sinusitis disease do not begin. What is dangerous about a puncture, with sinusitis, the otolaryngologist will inform you before it.
Without a doubt, the idea of surgical intervention scares many people. However, these fears are empty because this method of treatment is highly effective provided that the procedures and requirements of the doctor are followed and followed.
With sinusitis, the human body does not get the opportunity to perform natural processes (respiration, getting rid of mucus). Punctures allow them to resume.
After surgery, antibiotic therapy is prescribed. It eliminates inflammatory processes and normalizes the condition of the mucous sinuses of the nose.
Sinusitis after a puncture is resumed only in case of incomplete cure.
The consequences of sinusitis disease
With improper treatment or its complete absence, sinusitis passes into the advanced stage of the disease. And this is the strongest load for the human body.
What is dangerous sinusitis in a neglected form? The inflammatory processes of the disease are transferred to nearby organs, weaken the health of a person as a whole, and the infection can be transmitted with blood throughout the body.
The most common complications:
- Transition to a chronic form. The disease in this form is difficult to treat. Drugs must be taken for a long time to completely get rid of sinusitis.
- Transfer of infection to the visual organs. Such a transfer of the disease ultimately can cause visual impairment.
- Transfer of infection to the ears. Having penetrated, it causes inflammatory processes, as a result, otitis media appears. Great difficulty is the cure of this complication, since drugs aimed at eradicating the infection do not fall into the area of inflammation.
- Sepsis is dangerous for its location, which is located near the brain.
- Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges.
- Periostitis - inflammation in the bones. It is treated only with heavy antibiotics that are administered directly to the site of inflammation.
Pregnancy and sinusitis
What is the danger during pregnancy of this ailment? It is worth starting with the fact that future mothers need to protect themselves from all diseases, and not just sinusitis. It should also be taken into account that during the planning of the child, the future father should not be ill either. Since subsequently this will affect the health of the baby.
During the bearing of the child, the woman's immunity decreases. A particularly low level of protection for women's health falls in the first trimester. And this is precisely the period when all organs and systems are formed in the fetus.
Sinusitis of a pregnant woman contributes to the development of a child:
- Hypoxia of the fetus.
- Pathology of the kidneys.
- Sepsis of cerebral cavities.
- Meningitis
- Myocarditis.
In turn, the woman herself with a disease during pregnancy changes blood pressure, an adverse effect is on the lungs and heart. Moreover, it is possible to diagnose sinusitis in a future mother only with the help of sonography of the maxillary sinuses. You will have to resort to such a procedure, since pregnant women are forbidden x-rays.
Like any person, at the first symptoms a pregnant woman needs to visit an otolaryngologist. And those who suffer from a chronic form of the disease should definitely be cured before planning a child.
What is dangerous sinusitis in children
The main distinguishing feature of childhood sinusitis is the latent course of the first stage of the disease. Parents mistakenly confuse the first signs of the disease with a cold, and see the true cause of the common cold after increased headaches and fever. The child gets to the otolaryngologist only after the pediatrician excludes all possible causes of the common cold. Thus, a lot of time is lost before making the correct diagnosis.
A delay in diagnosis does not allow treatment to start on time. And this, in turn, is extremely dangerous for the child. Because in children, complications of sinusitis are expressed in inflammation of the eyes. This is due to the fact that the sinuses are located near the orbits. At first, the complication visually looks like edema and redness. This stage of the disease is difficult, but it is possible to cure it with medication. And later, the phase of the disease begins, when pus collects behind the orbit, which can be removed only by surgery.
The health of the child must be monitored extremely carefully. After all, his immunity is weaker than that of an adult, so children are sick more often and harder.