Posts Tagged ‘Infection’

Bacterial Sinusitis

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Bacterial Sinusitus

Diagnostic Summary

History of acute viral respiratory infection, dental infection, or nasal allergy; nasal congestion and purulent discharge; fever, chills, and frontal headache; pain, tenderness, redness, and swelling over involved sinus; transillumination shows opaque sinus; chronic infection may produce no symptoms other than mild postnasal discharge, musty odour, or non-productive cough.

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