How to treat paranasal sinusitis? Is puncture OK?
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Paranasal sinusitis is usually caused by wind and cold. After illness, there will be symptoms such as nasal congestion, headache, memory loss, thick nasal discharge and so on. Because purulent nasal discharge will flow into the throat and close to the nasal obstruction, long-term breathing with the mouth will often cause pharyngitis, and there will also be phlegm, foreign body sensation or sore throat. If affect eustachian tube, also can appear tinnitus, deafness and other symptoms. Therefore, if we don't receive timely and effective treatment for paranasal sinusitis, it will seriously affect our normal life. Our physical and mental health has been seriously damaged. Let's learn more about it.
How to treat paranasal sinusitis? Is puncture OK?
First: for the patients with more pus in the paranasal sinuses and difficult to discharge, puncture treatment can be used: it is commonly used in maxillary sinusitis. This method is safe, reliable and has little local damage. It needs to be pierced into the paranasal sinuses by the doctor with a special puncture needle to flush out the pus and mucus, and then the anti-inflammatory drugs are directly injected into the paranasal sinuses, which has better curative effect
Second, surgical treatment can also be used. According to the situation, inferior turbinectomy can be used. Part of the inferior turbinate can be removed by surgery to make the turbinate tissue smaller, reduce nasal resistance and improve nasal ventilation, The hypertrophic inferior turbinate mucosa or submucosal tissue can be ablated to make the turbinate tissue smaller, so as to improve the symptoms of nasal congestion. The operation is feasible for the patients with inferior turbinate fracture, partial hypertrophy of inferior turbinate bone or excessive extension inward. The operation has quick effect, but it is easy to relapse, and has certain side effects, so it must be carefully selected
Third: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: it may be the safest and the most optional treatment in many treatment methods. Paranasal sinusitis is related to the deficiency of lung and spleen. Traditional Chinese medicine can warm the lung qi or strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and dredge the nose. And Chinese medicine itself does not have any toxic and side effects, but also help to improve the immunity of the human body
matters needing attention
1. Quit smoking alcohol, pay attention to diet and environmental hygiene, avoid long-term stimulation of dust. 2. In case of cold and nasal congestion aggravation, don't force to pick the nose, so as not to cause nasal infection. 3. Pay attention to exercise and take part in proper sports. 4. Pay attention to climate change and change clothes in time. 5. Avoid entering and leaving crowded places as far as possible, and pay attention to wearing masks.
