Most patients with chronic sinusitis can be cured by treating the cause, general treatment, medication, surgery and physical therapy. Whether it can be completely cured or not needs to be considered in the context of the specific situation.
1. Causative treatment: It is necessary to actively treat the primary diseases leading to chronic sinusitis, such as deviated nasal septum, enlarged nasal turbinates, nasal polyps, chronic infections, chronic tonsillitis, adenoid hypertrophy and so on.
2. General treatment: patients should pay attention to rest, maintain a light and nutritious diet, quit smoking and drinking, and avoid allergens.
3. Drug treatment: chronic sinusitis can be treated with antibiotics, anti-allergy drugs, glucocorticoids and other drugs, commonly used drugs are penicillin, montelukast sodium, budesonide and so on.
The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor.
4. Surgery: When the internal medicine treatment is ineffective, nasal endoscopic surgery can be carried out for treatment.
Chronic sinusitis can also be treated by physical therapy, nasal rinsing, Chinese medicine, etc. It is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment and follow the doctor’s instructions to choose the appropriate treatment.