Types of Sinusitis
Type 1; Acute Sinusitis
Last last 2 to 4 weeks.
Type 2; Subacute Sinusitis
Last 4 to 12 weeks.
Type 3; Chronic Sinusitis
Last more than 12 weeks.
Type 4; Recurrent Acute Sinusitis
Several acute attack within a year
1. Acute Sinusitis
Acute sinusitis start with common cold, caused by virus.
Cold can swell sinuses and causes symptoms of sinusitis and leads to bacterial infection.
Inflammatory caused by cold result swelling in mucus membrane of sinuses, this can trapped air and mucus behind narrow opening of sinus drainage.
When the musus unae to drain from sinus, become source of nutrition for bacteria.
Clinical Manifestations
Depend upon which sinus are involved;
1. Maxillary Sinusitis
Cause pain or pressure in maxillary area.
2. Frontal Sinusitis
Cause pain and pressure in frontal area.
Cause frontal headache.
3. Ethmoid Sinusitis
Localize pain over bridge of nose, inner canthus and between and behind the eyes.
4. Sphenoid Sinusitis
Cause pain and pressure behind the eyes.
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