Inflammation of the frontal sinuses is one of the types of sinusitis, in which the mucous membrane lining the frontal sinuses is affected. The main cause of the disease is infection (viral, bacterial, fungal or mixed), which penetrates into the sinuses in acute colds, more often against the background of acute respiratory viral infection, influenza. Less often the pathology is caused by traumas of a nose or a head.
Symptoms of inflammation of the frontal sinuses
When inflammation occurs:
- pain in the forehead, often more pressing or aching, increasing with pressure or tapping, and tilting the head forward;
- headache, more intense in the morning;
- discomfort in the inner corners of the eyes;
- photophobia;
- lacrimation;
- puffiness of the face, especially in the upper eyelid;
- nasal congestion ;
- loss of smell;
- discharge from the nose, mucous or purulent;
- elevated body temperature.
In some cases, the disease has few manifestations, patients may be bothered only by general weakness, difficulty in nasal breathing.
How to treat inflammation of the frontal sinuses?
To treat inflammation of the frontal sinuses, you can not use folk remedies, you should always contact the otolaryngologist in a timely manner. the disease threatens with serious complications (meningitis, osteomyelitis, etc.). In most cases, pathology can be treated with conservative methods, the complex of which includes:
- antibiotic therapy;
- vasoconstrictor nasal agents;
- antihistamines;
- mucolytics.
In outpatient or inpatient conditions, the cuckoo procedure is used to cleanse the sinuses of the nose, during which the nasal cavity and sinuses are irrigated with an antiseptic solution, followed by vacuum suction of the contents. In severe cases, in the absence of a positive effect, a surgical method (puncture) is used.