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Health Encyclopedia: Sinusitis Highlights
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New Sinusitis Guidelines
In 2005, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy Asthma & Immunology released joint guidelines on the diagnosis and management of sinusitis.
- Sinusitis is classified as acute, subacute, recurrent, or chronic depending on how long symptoms last.
- Colds and flu, and allergic rhinitis, are the conditions that most often lead to sinusitis. Otitis media and asthma are often associated with sinusitis.
- Most cases of sinusitis ...
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Pneumonia: Treatment
...TreatmentMost patients with mild pneumonia can be treated at home with oral antibiotics, typically amoxicillin. A well-conducted 2002 study suggested that children with mild bacterial pneumonia... Read more »Sinusitis: Treatment for Acute Sinusitis
...RegimensThe standard first-line antibiotic treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis is a 10-14 day course of amoxicillin. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is an alternative choice.If no change occurs... Read more »Colds and the Flu: Diagnosis
...is usually the antibiotic of choice unless the patient is allergic. A full 10 days may be necessary. Amoxicillin, a form of penicillin, is proving to be effective when taken in a single daily dose... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Medications
...gram-negative bacteria.The primary choice of medicine still includes the less expensive antibiotics, such as amoxicillin/clavulanate, doxycycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Antibiotic... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Diseases with Similar Symptoms
...The cough it causes typically lasts for about a week to 10 days. In about half of patients, however, coughing can last up to 3 weeks, and 25% of patients continue to cough for over 1 month.... Read more »Images
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