Sinus Medication Solution

it all depends on the color of the snot. if it is white than it is a cold. if it yellow or green than it is a sinus infection. another sign that you have a sinus is if the fever comes and goes.

Type of infection, contrary to popular belief, has nothing to do with the color of snot. The color of the snot is related to the number of white blood cells and foreign debris in the mucus.

Symptoms of the common cold usually begin two to three days after infection and often include nasal discharge, obstruction of nasal breathing, swelling of the sinus membranes, sneezing, sore throat, cough, and headache. Fever is usually slight but can climb to 102° F in infants and young children. Cold symptoms can last from 2 to 14 days, but two-thirds of people recover in a week. If symptoms occur often or last much longer than two weeks, they may be the result of an allergy rather than a cold.

Colds occasionally can lead to secondary bacterial infections of the middle ear or sinuses, requiring treatment with antibiotics. High fever, significantly swollen glands, severe facial pain in the sinuses, and a cough that produces mucus, may indicate a complication or more serious illness requiring a doctor’s attention.

People often confuse an allergy with a cold or flu. Remember colds are short-lived and passed from person to person, whereas allergies are immune system reactions to normally harmless substances. Allergy symptoms include sneezing, watery eyes or cold symptoms that last more than 10 days without a fever.

The flu usually begins with a fever over 102, a flushed face, body aches, and lack of energy. Some people have other symptoms such as dizziness or vomiting. The fever usually lasts for a day or two, but can last five days. Somewhere between day 2 and day 4 of the illness, the “whole body” symptoms begin to subside, and respiratory symptoms begin to increase. The virus can settle anywhere in the respiratory tract, producing symptoms of a cold, croup, sore throat, bronchiolitis, ear infection, and/or pneumonia. The most prominent of the respiratory symptoms is usually a dry, hacking cough. Most people also develop a sore throat and a headache. Nasal discharge and sneezing are not uncommon. These symptoms (except the cough) usually disappear within 4 to 7 days. Sometimes there is a second wave of fever at this time. The cough and tiredness usually lasts for weeks after the rest of the illness is over. Usually, doctors diagnose flu on the basis of whether flu is epidemic in the community and whether the patient’s complaints fit the current pattern of symptoms. Doctors rarely use laboratory testing to identify the virus.

The classic symptoms of acute sinusitis are nasal congestion, greenish nasal discharge, facial or dental pain, eye pain, headache, and a nighttime cough. Some patients also complain of fever, malaise (feeling ill), bad breath, and a sore throat. It is usually preceeded by a cold, which does not improve or worsens after 5-7 days of symptoms.