Violation of respiratory function often leads to a very serious disease - sinusitis. The reason for this is a runny nose and nasal congestion, which prevent the free movement of air between the maxillary sinuses and nasopharynx. How to overcome an unpleasant inflammatory process and is it possible to treat sinusitis without a puncture? This is of interest to many people who first encountered such an ailment. In addition, symptoms caused by various microbes, allergenic substances and viruses are especially severe.
Sinusitis and puncture: all truth and myths
To a person suffering from sinusitis, it seems that all the sores that only exist on the earth fell on him at the same time. Many patients know what it is about, namely: pain in the forehead, eyes, nose, discomfort when swallowing food, fever, chills, lack of normal breathing function, irritation from bright light, body aches. These symptoms bring unbearable suffering.
People have long been enlightened, so they know what the consequences of such a disease are fraught with: meningitis and other inflammations. Nevertheless, they begin to prescribe antibiotics for themselves, it is incorrect to select folk remedies, thereby exacerbating their condition. The reason for everything is the fear of hearing from the doctor the terrible word “puncture”. Is this really so, or can surgery be dispensed with? Let's figure it out together: how to cure sinusitis without a puncture, what alternative methods can be used and what to do if the operation could not be avoided.
What is a puncture
To remove purulent contents from the upper jaw, a maxillary sinus puncture is used. This is a puncture. The procedure is carried out under local anesthesia, as well as with a special low-traumatic needle. Treatment of sinusitis with a puncture using this method is called the Kulikovsky system and is less painless and effective. The surgical site is delayed very quickly, which reduces the risk of infection in the nasal cavity to almost zero.
Treatment of sinusitis after a puncture should continue with traditional methods. The patient is prescribed antibiotics, drops (oil-based and vasoconstrictive), irrigation of two nasal passages, physical procedures, etc. That is, a similar therapy is applied to the one that was before the puncture.
Remember, puncture is the last method that doctors use in extremely severe cases of the disease.
Treatment of sinusitis without a puncture: is it possible
In many civilized countries, such interference in the upper jaw area has long been abandoned. In our state, people in the subconscious still have the image of a thick needle in the hands of an ENT doctor, a terrible crunch during an operation and unbearable pain. All this is in the distant past, the latest medical technologies contribute to this.
Now the treatment of sinusitis without a puncture is carried out successfully and without consequences, if a person timely contacts a medical institution for qualified help and does not ignore all the instructions of the attending physician.
Means for the treatment of sinusitis
Medications for the inflammatory process of the maxillary sinuses, as a rule, are recommended during an exacerbation of the disease. Antibiotics of the last generation in 3-5 days are able to completely remove the symptoms characteristic of the acute period of the disease. Basically, all medicines are taken orally. For each patient, the doctor selects an individual treatment regimen and a specific drug with the prescribed dosage and number of days of admission.
If the disease proceeds with allergic reactions, the treatment of sinusitis without a puncture is carried out in combination. Prescribe antihistamines, decongestants, as well as adrenomimetics. It can be tablet forms, drops, aerosols.
Nasal drops
In the treatment of sinuses in this way, it is better to give preference to oily drops. They have an enveloping property, have a mild effect, so they do not dry out the nasal mucosa. According to the testimony, the doctor can prescribe the treatment of sinusitis without a puncture and according to this scheme: in the first approach, a vasoconstrictor is instilled into both nostrils, and after a short time (15-20 minutes) - oil-based drops.
List of effective nose drops:
- Pinosol
- Collargol
- "Neonox cyclamen",
- Protargol
- "Rinofluimucil",
- Sinuforte
- Rinostop
- Xylene
- Galazolin
- Nazivin
- Naphthyzin,
- "Tizin" and others.
Before using the drops, the nasal passages are washed with saline or other pharmacological preparation based on sea salt. At home, the treatment of sinusitis without a puncture can also be carried out with ointments, which are part of the mandatory method of complex treatment, for example, Vishnevsky, Fleming ointment, ichthyol, oxolinic.
Vishnevsky ointment
In Russia and abroad, this tool has long been known for its positive properties. It can quickly and effectively remove the inflammatory process in many infectious diseases, including sinusitis. A wide spectrum of the ointment also has a disinfecting, wound healing and regenerating effect of damaged tissues. The contents of the medicine consists only of natural components: castor oil, birch tar and xeroform. Used at any stage of the disease 2-3 times a day after cleansing the sinuses.
Fleming Ointment
Refers to homeopathic medicines. It has anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, vasoconstrictive effect. In addition, after applying the ointment, the mucous region does not dry out. The drug is not addictive and can successfully replace nasal drops from sinusitis. The composition of the product includes calendula extract and menthol. The first component has a bacterial effect, the second helps to normalize the respiratory function of the nose, here the risks of rupture of small capillaries and bleeding from the maxillary sinuses are eliminated. It is used according to the instructions or recommendations of a doctor.
Ichthyol ointment
It is also widely used in both traditional and traditional medicine. It relieves the inflammatory process well, has an antiseptic and antipruritic effect, which positively affects the patient with sinusitis. But the ointment should be used with caution, as it can cause an allergic reaction to the nasal mucosa and in the face. The remedy is not indicated in the acute course of the disease, because it has a warming effect.
Oxolinic Ointment
The opinion of people who think that oxolinic ointment can only interfere with the mechanical progression of the infection that settles on the surface after lubrication of the nasal mucosa is erroneous. Scientists have proved that the drug also has a therapeutic effect: with sinusitis, it deactivates all kinds of viruses.
Hardware treatment
Despite the fact that the pharmacological industry provides a diverse range of drugs for the treatment of the inflammatory process in the maxillary sinuses, some people, due to certain circumstances, can not take medications. How to cure sinusitis without a puncture in this case? You can use hardware treatment.
The essence of the method is that the patient draws in the washing liquid using the “cuckoo” method, and then laser therapy is performed. The laser rays penetrate deep into the tissues of the nasal septum and relieve the inflammatory process. After the first procedure, a significant improvement in the condition of a sick person occurs. Just enough to do 5-7 such sessions.
Purulent sinusitis
Treatment of purulent sinusitis without a puncture always causes mixed opinion among many experts. After all, the disease can not occur in all the same. Doctors are primarily guided by the individual characteristics of the body, take into account the age of the patient, the presence of chronic diseases, find out the cause of inflammation. According to indications, vasoconstrictive drops, decongestants, antibiotics, and nasal passages are prescribed. Sometimes such methods help, and surgical intervention can be avoided.
Treatment of purulent sinusitis without a puncture at home can also be done. But not all people know that such a state cannot be “warmed up”. It is strictly forbidden to apply hot boiled eggs, salt bags, heating pads to the bridge of the nose. This method will only help with normal rhinitis, when its first symptoms appear.
You can also not independently prescribe antibiotics to yourself or relatives, patients with sinusitis. Some of these funds have successfully helped in the past, now they are not able to destroy 30% of the dangerous microflora in the nose. Therefore, all actions for the treatment of the disease should be coordinated with the attending physician, otherwise the consequences can be the most sad.
Folk remedies
Healers from the people offer their treatment for sinusitis without a puncture. Reviews about folk remedies in most cases are only positive. In combination with traditional medicine, various lotions, compresses, ointments, etc. only contribute to a quick and effective cure.
Simple recipes:
- Take in equal proportions onion juice, honey, alcohol, milk, laundry soap without flavorings. To prepare the ointment, all the components must be slightly darkened in a water bath until a homogeneous consistency. After cooling, dip the twisted cotton swabs into the finished mixture and introduce one into the nasal passages.
- For the preparation of drops, cyclamen onion juice and cool boiled water are used in a 1: 1 ratio. One instillation per day is enough (1 drop in each nostril).
How to prevent complications
Do not self-medicate and delay a visit to the doctor. With proper treatment, even at the first stage of the development of sinusitis, vasoconstrictive drops and sprays help relieve symptoms, which relieve swelling, the inflammatory process and contribute to the outflow of secretions from the maxillary sinuses. Additionally, anti-allergic and antibacterial therapy, physical procedures and nasal irrigation are performed. If all the prescriptions of the doctor are observed, the treatment is less painful and the help of surgical intervention will not be required.
The rule that all patients with sinusitis should remember - do no harm. Otherwise, the inflammatory process and pus will pass to other surrounding areas and can penetrate the brain area, soft tissues of the lower jaw or spread further throughout the body.
First of all, in advanced cases of sinusitis, the eyes suffer. There is a loose retina, which is very quickly destroyed. As a result, the eyelids acquire a red edematous appearance, the eyeball protrudes outward.
No less dangerous is the destruction of the walls of the maxillary sinuses, and this is the first sign of the development of purulent osteomyelitis. Alas, in some cases of the course of the disease, a puncture of the nose is simply necessary to save the patient's life.