After a disease ORVI or ARI often there is a long, hard-to-cure rhinitis that is not given much importance, hoping that eventually it will disappear on its own. Ignoring such signs of antritis in adults is dangerous, since purulent inflammation can cause a lot of complications, up to the penetration of the pathogenic bacterial environment into the brain tissue, thrombosis of the eye veins and abscess in the middle ear cavity.
The first signs and characteristic symptoms of sinusitis in adults
Early clinical manifestations of this pathology are similar to ordinary rhinitis:
- nasal congestion ;
- worsening of nasal breathing;
- the allocation of a small amount of mucus after barking;
- presence of yellowish purulent impurities in the phlegm;
- general malaise;
- increased body temperature;
- dull pain in the forehead, temples;
- fatigue, low working capacity.
In the future, these signs are strengthened.
What are the symptoms of acute and subacute sinus anemia in adults?
These varieties of the disease are characterized by a sharp onset and can occur simultaneously with other signs of flu or colds - pain in the zone of cheekbones, cheeks and nose, severe nasal congestion.
Specific symptoms of acute sinusitis in adults:
- chills, hyperthermia to values of 38.5-39 degrees;
- decrease in olfactory abilities, especially if inflammation develops on both sides;
- abundant secretions of mucous or purulent contents during flaunting;
- severe headache, which can give in the teeth, nose, forehead, ears and is strengthened when the head is tilted, pressing on the bridge of the nose;
- general weakness;
- photophobia and lacrimation;
- feeling of bursting in the nasal sinuses during coughing and sneezing;
- swelling of the eyelids, swelling of the cheeks.
Typically, the above condition lasts 7-15 days. If the given clinical manifestations take place longer than 1 month, the disease has passed into a subacute stage.
What are the signs of chronic sinusitis manifest in adults?
Sluggish type of the disease develops due to incorrect, ineffective treatment of acute form, or complete absence of therapy. Thus the symptomatology is so weakly expressed that it is extremely difficult to put the correct diagnosis, especially without x-ray examination of the maxillary sinuses of the nose. It is this kind of pathology that most often provokes life-threatening and health-related complications.
Signs and main symptoms of chronic sinusitis in adults:
- severe deterioration of smell, a person does not feel many smells at all;
- permanent bilateral nasal obstruction;
- unpleasant, fetid smell from the nasal passages and oral cavity;
- frequent attacks of headache and dizziness;
- scant amount of discharge from the nose, it is transparent and yellowish-green;
- feeling of pressure and bursting in the area of the center of the face;
- pain between the edges of the eye orbits and the wings of the nose, irradiating
in whiskey, jaws, ears and teeth, eye sockets.
One of the nonspecific clinical manifestations of chronic sinusitis is a cough that worsens during a night's sleep. It is provoked by the fact that the contents of the maxillary sinuses slowly flow down the back of the pharynx into the throat and esophagus, irritating the mucous membranes. In this case, the nature of the cough is difficult to differentiate, since it can be both painful and dry, and productive, moist. This symptom does not lend itself to classical therapy and does not disappear until the genyantritis is healed.
It is worth noting that the chronic form of the disease has a tendency to relapse from 1 to 3 times a year.