Rhinosinusitis medical therapy

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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]

Medical Therapy

Supportive Therapy

Supportive therapy for symptomatic relief is the mainstay of treatment in both cases of acute viral and bacterial rhinosinusitis. These include:

• Analgesics and antipyretics, to manage the fever and facial pain associated with rhinosinusitis.
• Saline irrigation, which helps relieve nasal obstruction.
• Intranasal corticosteroids, which proved to be beneficial in both acute and chronic rhinosinusitis.

Antibiotics

The use of antibiotics