Sinus Trouble

Your sinuses are eight spaces in the bones of your forehead, cheeks and temples. People who suffer from constant stuffy nose, mucous, recurrent colds, and post nasal drip that is chronic could be suffering from the most common nasal condition for people between the ages of 18 and 45, sinusitis. 

Symptoms

Health sinuses are lined with mucous to keep the air taken into the lungs at the proper moisture levels, temperature levels, and filtered from dust, dirt and other foreign matter. Without this filtering you lungs, kidneys and organs can fill with toxins.

When the sinus linings are inflamed and filled with mucous it is called sinusitis. Sinusitis usually occurs when a cold ends, and can cause pain, headache, swelling around the eyes and ears, ache in the cheekbones, jaw and teeth pain, increased nasal secretions, chills, fever, dizziness, loss of appetite, sensitivity to light, bad breath, and even depression.

These symptoms are caused by sinusitis and sinusitis is caused by many irritants to the mucous membranes. Some common irritants are dust, dirt, pollen, fumes, bacteria and hot dry zones. Some less common causes are bony growths, polyps, deviated septum, facial injuries, tumors and disease of the upper teeth.

The Medical Approach

Antibiotics, decongestants and antihistamines are the most common forms of medical treatment for sinusitis. Most of the time these forms of treatment can make the symptoms abate for a short period of time, but they may return worse than they were before. In addition, they may cause insomnia, nervousness, and high blood pressure and accelerate heart rate. When these usual medial procedures fail, many patients are referred to surgery rather than informed about alternative natural forms of health care.

The Chiropractic Approach

Chiropractic is not a treatment for sinus trouble, however; it does give relief to sufferers. If your body is functioning properly it has a strong resistance to germs, dust and other causes of sinusitis. Chronic sinusitis has been linked to immune system defects. With chiropractic treatment the body’s nervous system works more efficiently making the body function closer to optimum level. Because studies have shown that chiropractic treatment may improve the immune function of the body, it is a good idea to see your chiropractor to obtain the benefits that would strengthen your body and prevent susceptibility to sinus trouble.