Study: Most sinus infections not helped by antibiotics
Story Highlights
- Most sinus infections not helped by antibiotics other prescribed meds
- Most in study improved in about two weeks -- with real or fake meds
- Yellowish or greenish mucous doesn't always indicate a bacterial infection
- American College of Physicians in 2001 urged no antibiotic use for sinusitis
I highly recommend using a sinus rinse when you start feeling congested or during allergy season. It takes about a week to get used to squirting water up your nose without choking, but after a short time it starts to feel pretty good.
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