What are sinuses? Detailed answer

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What are sinuses?

Each of you has ever met a person whose nose does not seem to breathe at all, or who complains of headaches, pain in the eyes and cheeks. When you ask him if he has a cold, the answer is often that his sinuses are bothering him. What is it, why do people have pain in them? To be precise, the sinus is a cavity filled with blood or air. But for most people, the expression "sinus trouble" means an infection in one of the cavities that is connected to the nose.

In total, there are over eight such small cavities - depressions on the bones of the forehead and face. The largest depressions are on the bones of the cheekbones. The smallest ones are at the base of the nose and its sides. All cavities are covered with a mucous membrane, which also covers the nasal cavity, and the discharge from the sinuses occurs through the nose. There are many theories about the purpose of these sinuses.

According to one point of view, they help to warm the nasal passages and maintain the necessary moisture in them. It is claimed that the sinuses can amplify the voice or play a role in the sense of smell. Or maybe they just provide free space on the skull! The sinuses can become infected after a bad cold, flu, and some other infectious diseases. Infection is accompanied by pain on the face, on the forehead, in the eyes. These sensations appear every day at the same time. Sometimes there is discharge from the nose. Pain occurs as a result of mucus accumulated in the sinuses, which cannot come out due to swelling of the nasal mucosa.

Sometimes inflammation of the sinuses on the bones of the cheekbones can occur from a toothache. Surgery for inflammation of the sinuses is rare. If the operation cannot be avoided, then its purpose is to expand the nasal opening to improve the outflow of mucus. The best preventive measure is not to catch a cold. The doctor can help only in the early stages of the disease. It is useful to ventilate living quarters more often.

Author: Likum A.

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