Symptoms and treatment of sinusitis in children

summary

The cause of sinusitis in children can be viral or bacterial infection, but also part of it is related to allergy. After the occurrence of sinusitis, the primary or secondary infection bacteria are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, anaerobic bacteria, etc., so antibiotics are necessary in the treatment. However, if the child's nose is mainly sticky white or clear nose, antibiotics may not be used. Let's talk about the symptoms and treatment of children's sinusitis

Symptoms and treatment of sinusitis in children

1. The most common symptoms include persistent cold symptoms, which are not improved after 10 days, or the improvement is not obvious. These symptoms include runny nose, cough, and the child coughs more severely when lying down.

2. The second less common symptom is severe upper respiratory tract infection, which includes high fever and greenish yellow sticky nose, lasting for at least 3 days. There may be swelling around the eyes or facial pain.

3. Sinusitis can be treated with antibiotics. With the right antibiotics, the condition will improve within 48 to 72 hours. Initially, pain relief drugs, such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, are also needed.

matters needing attention

The diagnosis of chronic sinusitis in children is mainly based on the symptoms or clinical manifestations of children, combined with the diagnosis of nasal endoscopy, generally does not need to do sinus CT. When the effect of drug treatment is not ideal or the treatment is invalid, CT can be used to analyze the causes of poor treatment effect, or decide whether to operate.