Sinus infections themselves aren’t contagious, but the viruses that cause most of them are. Viral sinus infections often follow colds or flu, which spread through respiratory droplets when someone ...

Allergies and sinus infections have overlapping symptoms, but are caused by different things. Allergies happen when your immune system reacts to something harmless, like pollen or dust, as if it's ...

Dr. Ransom is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine (1962) and was certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology in 1974. He is a Fellow of the American College of ...

Different RTIs were analysed separately, and this paper focuses on patients with acute sinusitis. Methods, design and patients: This was an open-label, prospective, uncontrolled, post-marketing ...

Sinusitis, also known as a sinus infection, is a common condition characterized by inflammation or swelling of the tissue lining the sinuses. The sinuses are air-filled cavities located behind the ...

And if you want to blow, consider how you do it. Excessive nose blowing can cause a backward pressure of fluid draining from the sinuses, according to Filip, which means you’re pushing mucus ...

Because our sinuses are filled with air, any change in that pressure can affect headaches. When the outside barometric pressure lowers, it creates a difference between the pressure in the outside ...