When you see your doctor, you can expect a thorough examination of your sinuses.
Arizona's 11-year drought is also a chief culprit: sinuses need a bit of humidity.
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Despite four courses of antibiotics and a course of prednisone, three months later her sinuses were still inflamed.
The sinuses consist of four symmetrical sets of air-filled bony cavities located in the forehead and cheeks and adjacent to the nose.
She likes that she doesn't have to take medications for her sinuses.
Dr Kerr said she had arranged for Mrs Ward to visit a rapid access clinic and X-rays of her sinuses came back clear.
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Using general anesthesia, the surgeon threaded a catheter up her nose, expanded a tiny balloon and cleared a permanent space for her sinuses to drain.
When inflammation from allergies or infections swells the lining of the sinuses, the mucus builds up behind the blocked ostia, resulting in pressure and pain.
When her sinuses gave her trouble, she didn't want to take oral decongestants or nasal sprays because she feared they could be harmful to her baby.
But what causes one person to become sensitive to these indiscriminate antigens floating through the air, while another sails through life with dry eyes and clear sinuses?
My throbbing sinuses joined her and the autopilot in agreement.
Sinusitis is inflammation of the nasal cavity and the sinuses, which are air-filled spaces located primarily in the jaw above the upper teeth and in the forehead around the eyes.
Regular international flyer George Kellerman admitted that bringing a supply of sinus rinse, also known as a neti pot, on every trip sounded crazy, but flushing his sinuses everyday seemed to keep travel colds away.
When Makower examined dozens of computerized tomography scans to better understand the anatomy of the sinuses, he noticed that the sinuses "looked like a whole bunch of little arteries" and wondered if he could apply the techniques of cardiac angioplasty to the sinuses.
Although doctors have long known that a saline solution can help unclog sinuses, the practice has gotten a newfound popularity with the "neti pot, " a teapot-shaped container that flushes a saline solution through the nose --in one nostril and out the other, taking with it mucus and rinsing away irritants.
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