The danger of sinusitis

Sinusitis causes the formation of benign tumors in the larynx, although it is benign but if it is prolonged, it will be hoarse or lose sound.

Sinusitis if left untreated can affect, causing dangerous complications to other parts of the body.

Effects of complications on the respiratory tract

The nose is the first gateway of the respiratory tract, so when the nose is inflamed it directly affects the respiratory system in the back. The phenomenon of nasal congestion, nasal obstruction, occlusion on one side or both sides makes the patient breathe through his mouth, the air is not through the nose, so he is not warmed or cleaned.

On the other hand, due to runny nose, pus directly into the throat (in the following sinusitis, multiple sinusitis) or by not knowing how to blow your nose (in children) leads to sneezing, inhaling nose and throat, so the disease can easily lead to inflammation. throat.

When there are symptoms such as hoarse voice, rapid fatigue, loss of voice, cough with phlegm . the patient may have chronic laryngitis. If this disease is not treated promptly, it can cause diseases below the respiratory tract.

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Sinusitis is dangerous when it affects other parts.(Photo: Tasteforlife).

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Because of the location, the structure of the eye is located near the sinuses, so the infections from the sinus nose damage the eyes such as squamous inflammation, eyelid inflammation. When there are symptoms of runny nose, headache, patients are prone to swollen eyelids, masonry membrane, protruding eyeball, sore eyes .

When antibiotics are used, these symptoms will go away but the sinus disease continues and lead to other complications such as eyelid abscess that causes the eyelids to swell, become hot, red and sore, and eczema causing fever and pain. A lot of pain, sore throats sting in the eye, pain in the head, eyes are puffy, convex and not mobile.

Even the patient's eyes can be swollen both on the temporal area and the optic nerve inflammation, causing the eyesight of the natural patients to suddenly drop, can restore themselves or leave sequelae of sight. .

Effects of ear complications

Chronic sinusitis, pus flowing from the posterior nostril to the nasopharynx is always deposited in the ear canal, when sniffing the pus through the ear canal into the trunk of the middle ear canal. In particular, the ear canal of young children is shorter, broader, more horizontal than adults so pus, translation is more easily penetrated into the ear box.

Middle ear inflammation can be in two forms, middle ear infection of the pus and otitis media, if not detected in time, can lead to eardrum, deafness .

Influences bone pain

The most common complication is osteoarthritis of the frontal or maxillary bone due to vascular occlusive inflammation in the bone. The disease originates from the frontal bone, then spreads to the temporal bone and peak bone. The symptoms are: causing forehead pain at some point, the brow is swollen and forms a nasal abscess.

Benign larynx

Sinusitis causes the formation of benign tumors in the larynx, although it is benign, but if it is prolonged, it will be hoarse or lose sound.

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