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Secondary prevention is mostly aimed at preventing exacerbation of chronic rhinosinusitis or another episode of acute recurrent sinusitis. Methods such as abstinence from smoking, using saline nasal irrigation and treatment of the underlying cause can be used to promote healthy sinuses. <ref name="AAFP"> American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1201/p1718.html. Accessed on Oct. 4, 2016.</ref> | Secondary prevention is mostly aimed at preventing exacerbation of chronic rhinosinusitis or another episode of acute recurrent sinusitis. Methods such as abstinence from smoking, using saline nasal irrigation and treatment of the underlying cause can be used to promote healthy sinuses.<ref name="AAFP"> American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1201/p1718.html. Accessed on Oct. 4, 2016.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
Overview
Secondary prevention is mostly aimed at preventing the exacerbation of chronic rhinosinusitis or another episode of acute recurrent sinusitis. Practices such as abstaining from smoking, using saline nasal irrigation, and receiving treatment for the underlying cause can be used to promote healthy sinuses.[1]
Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention is mostly aimed at preventing exacerbation of chronic rhinosinusitis or another episode of acute recurrent sinusitis. Methods such as abstinence from smoking, using saline nasal irrigation and treatment of the underlying cause can be used to promote healthy sinuses.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/1201/p1718.html. Accessed on Oct. 4, 2016.