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Chronic sinusitis

A chronic inflammatory disease It is in the nose and sinuses around the nose. sinusitis Chronic is one of the most common respiratory diseases that has a significant impact on the quality of life Health care costs. The sinuses around the nose are actually cavities in the bones of the face and skull There are those that enter the nose through small openings on the same side. This communication is for Normal function of sinus ventilation is vital. If this way due to the inflammatory process in the cavity Nasal passages or sinuses or on both sides of the connecting duct are blocked, symptoms of sinusitis appears. Rhinosinusitis And nasal polyps are classified into two categories, acute and chronic, in terms of duration of clinical symptoms It will be.

Acute sinusitis It is usually due to a viral illness that lasts for 7-10 days. infection Bacteria can also occur in this disease. In acute rhinosinusitis, the symptoms are up to It lasts 4 to 6 weeks.

Chronic sinusitis to It means a condition that has 2 or more symptoms of the disease, including nasal congestion or secretions Nose accompanied by facial pain and/or reduced sense of smell occurs for more than 8 to 12 weeks. diagnosis Medical treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis according to nasal endoscopic symptoms or examination of mucosal changes The nose is done in the CT scan of the face. Apart from nasal congestion, colored secretions (coffee Yellowish) that come out of the nose by finning or go down the back of the nose into the throat pain or pressure in the face, headache, decreased sense of smell or its absence can also be seen. Symptoms Others, which are of course less common, such as cough, bad breath, extreme fatigue, A feeling of pressure in the ears and fever may also occur. Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis They witness a significant decrease in their quality of life, which, of course, improves after adequate treatment find.

The cause of sinusitis Chronicity is not known. But this disease may occur after previous acute bacterial rhinosinusitis It can also occur if it is not well treated. Of course, this seems to be the real cause of rhinosinusitis not chronic Some studies have shown that infections are the main cause of acute rhinosinusitis They cannot be the main cause of chronic sinusitis (even in cases where the growth of microorganism Bacteria or fungi have been observed in nasal secretions and sinuses).

Some other factors such as malformation in the structure of the nasal cavity or sinuses, insufficient immune response to infection, intolerance or allergy to certain medicinal substances, defective function of the discharge of secretions in the nasal cavities and sinuses, or the effect of wounds caused by frequent sinus surgeries, etc., are effective in chronic rhinosinusitis.

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