How is chronic sinusitis treated?

How is chronic sinusitis treated?

Chronic sinusitis is not usually caused by a bacterial infection, but it can be. If your healthcare provider really thinks that you have a bacterial infection, they might give you a prescription for something like amoxicillin. Antibiotics only help for bacterial infections. Other ways to treat non-bacterial chronic sinusitis include:

• Avoiding triggers (usually related to allergies and environmental factors).
• Using intranasal corticosteroid sprays and leukotriene antagonists (to reduce inflammation) or antifungal medication (rarely) to get rid of a fungus.
• Treating the underlying condition, such as allergies, asthma, and/or immune deficiency conditions, with medications such as topical antihistamine, or steroid, sprays or antihistamine pills.
• Having surgery (typically to correct structural issues like a deviated nasal septum or to remove polyps or fungal balls). Fungal balls are clumps of fungal infection that block sinuses.
• Having a procedure called balloon sinus ostial dilation, which inserts a balloon into a sinus cavity to open it further and make more room.