Mar
29
2010
What’s the difference between a cold and sinus infection?
Posted by: Alan in Sinus Infection, tags: Between, Cold, Difference, Infection, Sinus, What'sSo I’ve been sick for seven days and earlier into it like on the fifth day, I had facial pain, and a bloody nose, and the next day, that was gone, I just had headache, Now, the only thing that’s bothering me is my nose which is still sort of plugged up and my throat hurts and I still cough. So I was wondering, I have the sinus medication and I don’t know if it’s just a cold. Please tell me it’s a sinus infection?
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March 29th, 2010 at 6:27 am
sounds like a sinus infection….
March 29th, 2010 at 7:17 am
Sinusitis. Not necessarily an infection. Treat the symptoms as follows. What sinus medication do you have? Here is how I treat my chronic maxillary sinus problems. During the day use an OTC decongestant. I prefer Sudafed. One pill every 4-6 hours. Then at night switch to an antihistamine which will dry you up and help stop the post nasal drip from going down the back of your throat (cause of the sore throat) while sleeping. Get some saline spray as that will help you breathe if the antihistamine (I prefer old fashioned Benadryl) dries your nose up too much. As to the cough it sounds as if it is probably productive (bringing up phlegm when you cough caused by the sinus drainage). For that you want a cough medicine with an expectorant (containing Guafinesin) as that will break up the chest congestion and help you expel the junk from your lungs. As my favorite flight surgeon I worked for in the USAF would always say… “Treat a cold and it will go away in 7 days… leave it alone and it will go away in a week”!
March 29th, 2010 at 7:30 am
With sinus problems, you do have cold symptoms.
But with a cold, you may also have body aches and pains and general malaise, and a slight fever.