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Sinusitis: Colds
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The common cold is the most prevalent predisposing factor to sinusitis. Acute sinusitis typically causes symptoms of nasal congestion and a thick yellow or green discharge. Other symptoms include tenderness and pain over the sinuses, frontal headaches, and sometimes chills, fever, and pressure in the area of the sinuses.
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Acute or bacterial sinusitis is usually the result of an infection that started during a cold or an allergy attack. Although acute sinusitis usually requires an antibiotic, it usually clears up within three weeks.
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The key distinction between a cold and sinusitis is that the nasal congestion and other symptoms of a cold begin to improve within 5 to 7 days. The symptoms of sinusitis... last longer and may even worsen with time.
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Cases of sinusitis are common and can be easily treated. Call your child's doctor if your child has a cold and the symptoms don't go away after about 10 days or if your child develops a fever after about 7 days of having cold symptoms. Those could be signs of sinusitis or another type of infection.
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Echinacea is used by many herbalists to treat infections like sinusitis. In addition, there is a good amount of scientific evidence that supports the use of this herb to treat the common cold. By shortening the duration of a cold, echinacea may help stop you from getting sinusitis.
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Chronic inflammation of the nasal passages ... can lead to sinusitis. If you have allergic rhinitis or hay fever, you can develop episodes of acute sinusitis. Vasomotor rhinitis, caused by humidity, cold air, alcohol, perfumes, and other environmental conditions, also may be complicated by sinus infections.
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