How does a physician determine the best treatment for acute or chronic Sinus Infection?
A. To obtain the best treatment option, the physician needs to properly assess the patient’ s history and symptoms and then progress through a structured physical examination. Physicians tend only to recommend drugs that damage your immune system, or as a last resort, they cut parts of your body, your sinuses, out altogether. Leaving you with a damaged immune system that is open to further infection- and no sinuses. Q. What should one expect during the physical examination for Sinus Infection? A. At a specialist’ s office, the patient will receive a thorough ear, nose, and throat examination. During that physical examination, the physician will explore the facial features where swelling and erythema (redness of the skin) over the cheekbone exist. Facial swelling and redness are generally worse in the morning; as the patient remains upright, the symptoms gradually improve. The physician may feel and press the sinuses for tenderness. Additionally, the physician may tap the teeth to help