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Each year, more than 30 million Americans suffer from headaches, facial pressure, and nasal congestion caused by sinus infections. If an infection is particularly severe, antibiotics may be necessary. But maybe not.
"Just because you have sinus symptoms doesn't necessarily mean you have an infection," says Andrew Lane, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Sinus Center in Baltimore. "But if more than a week goes by and your symptoms worsen rather than wane, you might have a bacterial sinus infection."
There are many nondrug options that can help prevent and relieve sinus symptoms. Here are 10 popular choices.
i had serious allergy and sinus problems all my life (over 40 years) until i started doing salt water washes every morning. i am practically cured. buy the kit at the pharmacy and just use a quarter teaspoon of table salt with warm water. in 2-3 weeks you will be cured. i still do it every morning.
was just about to say that.
they also have a baloonaplasty they are doing now. basically they insert a very tough ballon into the bottle necks of the sinus system and inflate it. it causes micro fracture in the bones around the baloon and opens up restricted pathways, less invasive than drilling extra holes in your sinuses.
That should be "10 Ways To Get Sinus Relief Without Antibiotics".
Afrin and Sudafed are drugs, even if they are OTC.