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Types of Sinusitis:

• Acute Rhinosinusitis: It has a sudden onset, lasts for less than 4 weeks and is followed by complete recovery.
• Subacute Rhinosinusitis: It occurs as a continuation of acute episode and lasts for less than 12 weeks.
• Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis: When 4 or more episodes of acute rhinosinusitis occurs lasting for at least 7 days each in a 1-year period.
• Chronic Rhinosinusitis: The signs and symptoms persist for 12 weeks or more.

Risk Factors

Certain conditions increase the chances for developing sinusitis, these are:

• Deviated nasal septum
• Nasal polyps
• Allergies
• Smoking
• Recent URTI
• Dental infection
• Weak immunity, etc.Causes: Acute sinusitis occurs mostly due to viruses and those with atopy are more at risk. Bacterial and fungal infections can also lead to sinusitis.

  Symptoms: The diagnostic features of sinusitis are: Facial pain or pressure, facial congestion or fullness, nasal obstruction, nasal or postnasal purulence, hyposmia and fever.

  Minor factors which when present with one or more diagnostic features are significant include headache, halitosis or bad breath, fatigue, malaise, dental pain, cough and otalgia.

  Diagnosis: Diagnosis is based on the signs and symptoms, a physical examination, rhinoscopy and sometimes an X-ray may be required.

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