Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute sinusitis is inflammation of mucosa lining of one or more paranasal sinuses. In children, most cases begin ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have had ongoing nasal congestion and mucus for the past several months. I thought it was allergies, but my doctor says I likely have acute sinusitis brought on by allergic ...

Acute bacterial sinusitis may now be diagnosed in a child with upper respiratory infection (URI) and worsening symptoms after initial improvement, according to updated guidelines from the American ...

Use of antibiotics for acute sinusitis in children reduces treatment failures, a meta-analysis showed, but the results may also support initial observation given the natural history of the condition, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of antibiotic prescriptions for sinusitis follow guidelines, but nearly one-third do not. People ...

Testing children with acute sinusitis symptoms for specific bacteria may dramatically decrease unnecessary antibiotic use, new research suggests. If antibiotic use was limited to children with H ...

In treating outpatient acute rhinosinusitis, how frequently do otolaryngologists vs other clinicians prescribe amoxicillin-clavulanate, the first-line treatment? Amoxicillin-clavulanate is prescribed ...

The 4 pairs of sinuses include the maxillary, ethmoid, frontal, and sphenoid sinuses. Most cases of sinusitis involve the maxillary and/or ethmoid sinuses. Far less common is an isolated infection of ...

Acute sinusitis is one of the most common causes for children to be put on antibiotic medications, with patients in the United States filing nearly 5 million antibiotic prescriptions every year to ...

You know it's not the flu because no one else is sick, and you know it's not a cold because you had that last week. So what's causing that killer headache and the feeling that your nose is locked in a ...

Acute sinusitis is a common acute illness and offers an opportunity to eliminate low-value care. The authors describe current practices, comparing primary care, urgent care, and the emergency ...