Sinusitis: consequences and complications

Many carelessly refer to health, believing that the sinusitis will pass by itself and not necessarily treat it. This is a very dangerous delusion that can lead to serious problems. The started sinusitis, complications and consequences of which can be more serious than the disease itself, is very common. So why bring to this?

Some general information

The general name for inflammatory processes in the sinuses of the nose is sinusitis. Under this definition fall: sinusitis, frontal, etmoiditis, sphenoiditis. Sometimes the process affects both mucous membranes of all sinuses, then the disease is classified as a pansinusitis. If the sinuses are affected only on one side of the face, then this is hemisinusitis.

More information about sinusitis

If the inflammatory process is concentrated in the upper maxillary sinus, which is also called haymorovoy, the disease is called a sinusitis. Most often a person faces this purulent process after suffering acute respiratory diseases, flu, cold, scarlet fever and measles. The disease can be bacterial or viral.

Sinusitis can be contagious, vasomotor or allergic. The not quite clear word "vasomotor" means that the disease affects the contraction of the muscle envelopes of the blood vessels, causing a narrowing of their lumen.

Transition of the disease into a chronic form

If the patient has not cured sinusitis, the consequences may result in the transition of the disease into a chronic form. This means that the body will constantly be present with a potential source of infection. In addition, allergic sensitivity of the body can increase.

A person will have recurring headaches and a slight runny nose, most often one-sided. In addition, the patient feels a general malaise and decreased efficiency. From the nasal sinuses periodically begin to secrete pus with an unpleasant odor. Chronic sinusitis, the consequences of which are less pronounced, but for a long time, to treat is more difficult and longer. As one of the consequences of chronic sinusitis, doctors are considering a decrease in immunity. A person more easily picks up viral and infectious diseases, and gets rid of them more difficultly.

Complications affecting vision

If the patient's genyantritis is delayed because of the unwillingness to go to a doctor or the wrong treatment, the stagnant purulent masses begin to penetrate through the bony septum and the bloodstream to neighboring areas. The closest, according to the location to the maxillary sinus, is the eye. As a result of sinusitis, in this case, inflammation in the orbit appears.

Adult patients are more likely to suffer from such complications if the process has passed into a chronic form. In children, ocellus lesion often gives an acute form of sinusitis. And for children and adults, an abscess in the eye area can have negative consequences, up to complete loss of vision. Inflammatory processes of the ocular orbit are the most frequent consequences after sinusitis.

Meningitis

Not completely treated sinusitis - a delayed-action mine in the immediate vicinity of the brain. The spread of infection can go to any direction, including under the threat of inflammation are the meninges. This disease is called meningitis. If you ask the doctor, what are the worst effects of maxillary sinitis, he will no doubt call meningitis among the first.

The most obvious symptoms of meningitis are:

• Severe headaches;
• A sharp increase in temperature;
• The patient's rejection of light and sounds (not even very high intensity).

Treatment of this disease is carried out in hospital, most often in the infectious diseases of the hospital. The course of treatment is not less than ten days, the patient must prescribe antibiotics and perform lumbar punctures. If the patient does not provide medical care, then a fatal outcome is likely.

Osteoperiostitis

The sinusitis, the consequences of which are considered here, sometimes passes from the inflammation of the mucous membranes to the bone. In this case, osteoperiostitis begins, that is, the inflammation of the osseous bone walls and periosteum. The nature of the process can be purulent or simple, but in any case the disease assumes an urgent hospitalization. The course of treatment includes local therapy, antiseptics and antibiotics. If necessary, an operation is performed. With the timely start of treatment, the consequences for the patient are negligible, but if the process is started, it can give a push to meningitis and other problems.

Otitis

When a patient has sinusitis, the consequences often manifest in inflammatory processes in the middle ear (otitis). Headaches, weakness and nasal congestion are accompanied by pain in the ear and hearing loss. An even more serious complication is the inflammation of the auditory tube (eustachiitis).

Problems in this area are due to the fact that the maxillary sinuses and the ear are located close, and on the path of infection there are almost no obstacles. Inflammation gradually passes to the mucous membrane lining the inside of the auditory tube and the middle ear. As a result, the patient may experience both temporary hearing problems and loss of hearing at all. In addition, even cured otitis without complications leads to the appearance of noise in the ears and frequent painful obstruction in air travel.

Tonsillitis and adenoids

It is believed that during sinusitis the tonsils and nasopharynx suffer the most. Nasal breathing is difficult, the patient has to breathe through the mouth, which leads to the drying of the mucosa. Further, inflammation begins, during which purulent foci can form. Mucous grows uncontrollably, forming polyps. As a result, the patient can not breathe through the nose even after getting rid of the sinusitis.

On the palatine tonsils rapidly develop bacteria, and they become an independent source of infection. With a pathological increase, nasopharyngeal tonsils are called adenoids. During treatment, the ENT doctor can recommend the removal of polyps and adenoids, this facilitates nasal breathing, but eliminates barrier lymph nodes, accelerating the penetration of the infection into the body.

Gastrointestinal tract

As the consequences of sinusitis in adults and children often chronic inflammatory processes of the esophagus, stomach and intestines. This is due to the ingress of purulent masses that freely flow down the laryngeal wall, into the digestive tract.

The patient has abdominal pain, fever, appetite decreases, and stool disorders begin. All these symptoms must be told to the doctor.

Complications associated with respiratory system

The disease spreads through the bloodstream and can cause complications from the bronchi and lungs. When there is shortness of breath, weakness, signs of intoxication and cough, it is necessary to consult a doctor to exclude bronchitis and pneumonia. If this is not done, the disease will be prolonged and may cause hospitalization.

What other organs can suffer?

Long-term infectious process in the body leads to the fact that with blood flow the infection gets access to anywhere. Suffer can not only the organs that are in the immediate vicinity of the hearth, but also the heart, kidneys, the system of lymph nodes and joints. First of all, connective tissues - heart valves, synovial bags of joints, ligaments. The patient may develop kidney failure.

Sinusitis during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the woman's immunity is somewhat weakened. Therefore, it is necessary to observe precautions to avoid viral and infectious diseases. If the genyantritis is diagnosed during pregnancy, the consequences can affect not only the woman, but also her child. In addition to the complications described above, as a result of difficult nasal breathing, the fetus senses a lack of oxygen.

Diagnosis and treatment of pregnant women with sinusitis is significantly different. Future moms can not do x-rays or prescribe antibiotics. Most often, washing, puncturing the maxillary sinuses and draining the purulent masses are carried out.

Sinusitis: puncture, consequences. Myths and Reality

Patients transmit to each other a lot of horror stories about punctures of the maxillary sinuses. It is said that it is very painful that there is no complete cure, and that the sinusitis passes into a chronic process and the punctures will have to be repeated again and again.

However, most often these horror stories are told by those who let the genyantritis on its own or tried to cure this complex disease by domestic methods.

A long, twisted needle, which is punctured, causes patients "sacred horror". But do not forget that the puncture is performed under local anesthesia. The sinus is pierced in a place where its thickness is minimal. Washing with antiseptic leads to a tangible relief. After a certain time, the bone tissue at the puncture site is completely restored.

Conversations that the puncture will have to be done on a regular basis are groundless. If the patient has completed the full course of treatment and completely got rid of maxillary sinusitis, then the probability of repeated disease is minimal. If the disease is not treated and passed into a chronic form, then it is possible to do the puncture again at the next aggravation.

Today with the timely access to the doctor more than 90% of cases of sinusitis are treated without punctures. But if a puncture of the maxillary sinus is prescribed, the patient should understand that this is not a doctor's whim, but an involuntary necessity. The procedure is really unpleasant, but tolerant and very effective. So why risk your health and expose your body to complications after sinusitis, if you can cure it?