What are the causes and symptoms of sinusitis in children?

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The cause of sinusitis in children can be viral or bacterial infection, but also part of it is related to allergy. After the occurrence of sinusitis, the primary or secondary infection bacteria are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, anaerobic bacteria, etc., so antibiotics are necessary in the treatment. However, if the child's nose is mainly sticky white or clear nose, antibiotics may not be used. What are the causes and symptoms of sinusitis in children? Let's talk about it.

What are the causes and symptoms of sinusitis in children?

1. Nasal obstruction: varying in severity, mostly due to congestion and swelling of nasal mucosa and increased secretion, nasal obstruction can often cause temporary olfactory dysfunction;

2. Purulent mucus: nasal mucus is purulent or mucopurulent, yellow or yellowish green, the amount is variable; Due to the purulent discharge into the pharynx and long-term oral breathing, it is often accompanied by chronic pharyngitis symptoms, such as phlegm, foreign body sensation or sore throat.

3. Headache: chronic suppurative sinusitis generally obvious local pain or headache; If affect eustachian tube, also can have tinnitus, deafness and other symptoms. At present, the most commonly used external Chinese medicine treatment of rhinitis, twice a day, treatment thoroughly.

matters needing attention

The diagnosis of chronic sinusitis in children is mainly based on the symptoms or clinical manifestations of children, combined with the diagnosis of nasal endoscopy, generally does not need to do sinus CT. When the effect of drug treatment is not ideal or the treatment is invalid, CT can be used to analyze the causes of poor treatment effect, or decide whether to operate.