Failure to treat a cold or flu can cause various complications. In our article, you will learn how to treat antritis with folk remedies and what preventive measures should be followed so as not to get a complication.
Possible causes of sinusitis
Regardless of age, sinusitis most often overtakes people with weakened immunity, especially if we talk about cold weather. Moreover, the disease can occur both in one and in both sinuses, which are "adjacent" to the sockets, rhinoscale cavity.
Moreover, a very long time the disease can be almost asymptomatic. And such diseases as flu, acute respiratory infections, infections, allergies can cause acute sinusitis. If time does not begin treatment, the disease may take a chronic form, when the maxillary sinuses are affected by prolonged purulent inflammation.
The causes of sinusitis usually include congenital abnormalities of the nasal cavity, septum curvature, rhinitis, problems with adenoids.
And the antritis in two forms proceeds:
- Acute. It develops predominantly on the mucosa or in the blood vessels.
- Chronic. This form is dangerous because it can lead to inflammation of the bony walls, mucous membranes.
- In addition, there are infectious and allergic types of sinusitis.
Localization (location) can cause unilateral or bilateral disease, which occurs either in one or in several sinuses. Also, sinusitis is divided by the method of penetration:
- traumatic or inogenic;
- hematogenous, penetrating through the blood;
- odontogenic - occurs with inflammation of the gums.
Symptoms depend on the form. For example, if sinusitis is caused by the flu or a cold, then the symptoms are usually the following: chills, fever, runny nose, malaise. After some time, there is a sensation of pain in the nasal region, toothache may occur, some eyelids swell a little.
If we are talking about chronic sinusitis, then in this case the patient is tormented by a night cough, runny nose, which is not cured with traditional treatment.
Signs of chronic sinusitis are pain in the orbits, possibly the development of conjunctivitis.
But at the same time, any form of this disease leads to a deterioration in the sense of smell, mucous and sometimes purulent discharges appear, there is no appetite, and fatigability sets in.
Treatment - general recommendations
Most doctors insist on treatment by using antibiotics or cleansing the sinuses with a puncture for administering medications. However, many people suffering from this problem often consider alternative methods. If you decide to be treated with folk remedies, remember the following principles:
It is imperative to use decongestants and vasoconstrictor drugs, which will cause an outflow of mucus.- To reduce the inflammatory process, it is necessary to wash and clean the nose. The most effective tool can be called a saline solution. To increase efficacy, you can use furacillin, calendula, or tools such as rotocana or chlorophyllipt.
- One of the best pharmacy drugs - Pinosol. It not only facilitates breathing, but is also an antimicrobial agent.
- You can also make compresses from honey cakes, which will help reduce the inflammation of the mucous.
- To facilitate breathing and stop the development of sinusitis, it is worth using licorice root.
It is imperative to use decongestants and vasoconstrictor drugs, which will cause an outflow of mucus.Effective home treatment
If you decide to treat sinusitis on your own, you should use only proven methods and techniques. Let's take a closer look at what will help to cope with the disease.
Ointments, drops, oils
Similar means will help to remove accumulations of pus, relieve inflammation. Prepare drops and ointments should be using onions, garlic, aloe, you can use honey, beet juice. The use of oil formulations will eliminate the desiccation of the mucous, and they act more efficiently, but at the same time softer than aqueous solutions.
You can also buy menthol oils that cleanse the nasal passages, remove puffiness. It is necessary to bury about three oils in each nostril, in addition, oil and lubricate the nose outside to alleviate the symptoms. Many recommend the use of sea buckthorn oil, the use of which will soothe the mucous - about two drops in each nostril three times a day.
Cyclamen juice will clear the nasal sinuses from pus, relieve headaches. Literally two drops of oil will lead to intense sneezing, the patient feels hot, begins to sweat profusely. Do not be afraid, and the fact that during the next day from the nose will release a strong mucus.
Helps to cope with the disease and propolis: a teaspoon of the product is mixed with 1 tsp. sunflower oil, add a little butter, the whole mixture is heated to +40 degrees. Leave it for a couple of hours for complete insistence. After that, you can moisten a cotton swab in the resulting mixture - it is placed in each nostril in the morning and evening for two hours.
Some make garlic gruel, wrap it in cheesecloth and insert it in the nostril for just a couple of minutes - strong sneezing will begin, which will lead to an increased removal of mucus.
St. John's wort also helps: take two tablespoons of dried herbs, leave for two hours in boiling water, when the broth cools down, soak cotton wool in it and put it into the nostril three times a day for at least a week. Hypericum destroys germs, leads to the healing of damaged tissue.
From the antritis helps and soap. In proportions of 1: 1, mix chips of soap, vegetable oil, milk, you can add a little onion juice. The solution needs to be heated to +60 degrees, add some honey. Make turunda, moisten in solution and enter into the nostrils for a couple of minutes twice a day, the treatment course is three weeks.
Inhalation
Inhalation of vapors will soften the contents of the sinuses, kill the infection. To do this, you can use the potato in the uniform, which helps to treat not only sinusitis, but also cough.
Propolis tinctures help: boil 3 liters of water, add a tablespoon of propolis there. However, the maximum effect of the use of such inhalation can be achieved only after at least 7 procedures.
You can also use soda and asterisk baby. Another popular recipe: add 2-3 drops of fir oil to 200 ml of hot water - just inhale steam at least once a day. You can also use onion-based inhalers, at the same time to do the nose bridge massage. Literally 10 days is enough for treatment.
Warming up
There are the following effective methods:
- Not bad cope with sinusitis and warming up. Melt a paraffin candle in a water bath, apply the solution to the area of the forehead and sinuses. Top warm with a towel. You need at least 10 of these procedures.
- Cook the eggs and apply them to the sinuses until cool.
- Rub the black radish, wrap the resulting gruel in a cloth, apply it to the sinus area, do not forget to oil the skin after using the product. Procedures should be carried out 7-10 days.
- Moisten a woolen bandage in a saline solution, attach it to the sinuses, cover the top with a towel for warming.
- Cook about 40 g of bay leaves in 1 liter of water, leave to infuse for 3-5 minutes. Before going to bed, do applications on the nose, warming towel.
What not to do when sinusitis
If you decide to self-treat this disease, it is worth remembering about a number of important nuances. First of all, in no case does not need to engage in heating, because this will lead to an increase in the inflammatory process, pus will begin to accumulate faster in the sinuses. This method of treatment can be applied only after testing and consulting a doctor.
Choosing traditional methods of treatment, remember that many products can cause allergic reactions.
But it should also be remembered that ultimately inflammation can damage the facial nerve, cause otitis and even meningitis.
And in order to reduce the risk of this disease, the following activities should be carried out:
- taking vitamins;
- proper nutrition;
- quenching;
- timely treatment of colds;
- immunity strengthening.
If sinusitis aggravates, you need to follow a diet, for example, you should temporarily abandon milk, because it leads to the formation of large amounts of mucus. Also remember the need to visit a doctor.
