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Overview of the Presentation and Updated Management of Sinusitis

Khaled Abdullah S. Alasmari, Lena Defallah G. Alzahrani, Sultan Suliman Q. Al-Ruwaili, Rahaf Naif A. Alenezi, Sarah Fahad M. Bukhari, Sarah Muqbil B. Altmimi, Shaden Akram A. Alanazi, Lama Muaysh M. Aljohani, Alshaymaa Akram A. Alanazi, Afnan Mohammed H. Almutairi

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · pp. 23–30 · Published 28 Jul 2021

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i39A32136

Abstract

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.

Sinusitis rhinosinusitis presentation management mucociliary function nasal oxymetazoline pseudoephedrine

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