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Is it true that the common cold can lead to a bacterial sinus infection?

April 26, 2017bacterial cold common infection lead sinus

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Is it true that the common cold can lead to a bacterial sinus infection?

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A cold is a viral infection that typically goes away in a few days. Many episodes of acute sinusitis follow the common cold. When fluid taken from the sinuses of patients with acute bacterial sinusitis have been studied, cold viruses have invariably been found.