We see so many patients at our clinic with the same set of symptoms just like yours!
They typically suffer from:
- a blocked and runny nose
- yellowish nasal discharge
- headaches and facial pain, and can be rather unwell with fever too
If you come down with a sinus infection, you will very likely need to be prescribed a course of strong antibiotics to prevent it from spreading further, as sinus infections have the potential to involve the eye or even the brain, although these events are fortunately rare.
Sinus infections are commonly triggered by having had a bad flu or cold and then the cold or flu “bug” spreads to infect the sinuses, leading to swelling and inflammation of the soft tissue inside the nose and sinuses.
Healthy sinuses should normally be filled with air but inflamed and infected sinuses will often be clogged up with infected thick secretions or pus.
The easiest way to try to keep your sinuses healthy and clean is to use a simple alkaline sea salt douche to wash out your nose once or twice daily. This may be bought at any pharmacy.
My patients also swear that their sinuses improve by taking Sinupret supplements which are made from flowers (I have absolutely no affiliation with the company by the way 😊).
Sounds like you need to have your nose thoroughly checked out by your friendly ENT doctor with a special nasal endoscope/camera! This is to make sure that your recurrent sinus issues aren’t caused by underlying problems like nasal polyps (growths), scar tissue or other abnormal changes in the structures of your nose.
Breathe well and live well, hope you get better soon!
