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What Could Cause Chronic Sinus And Ear Infections Despite Taking Antibiotics?
I recently had a sinus infection and ear infections about 2 months ago. I have had 2 different antibiotics but I still feel like my sinuses are full, they never did drain, I have pain and redness across my forehead and cheeks and have severe hearing loss. Please help
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
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As I understand there may be few reason to not getting cure. One may be due to antibiotic you have taken didn't work because causative organism was resistant to that , second there may be persistence of cause . so I suggest you to go for culture and sensitivity of your ear discharge and then take antibiotics accordingly . Further you should avoid expouser to cold and cold water bath and also protect your ear and sinus to entry of water also avoid expouser to dust because some time its allergy may leads to sinusitis . So you should communicate me after report of your culture and sensitivity so that I would be able to suggest right antibiotic with its duration because duration of taking antibiotic is important in cure .
by that time you can take
Paracetamol 500mg 2 times a day for relieving headache .
Decongestant like tablet of Sinarest 3 times a day .
feel free to contact .
regards,
Dr.manish Purohit
As I understand there may be few reason to not getting cure. One may be due to antibiotic you have taken didn't work because causative organism was resistant to that , second there may be persistence of cause . so I suggest you to go for culture and sensitivity of your ear discharge and then take antibiotics accordingly . Further you should avoid expouser to cold and cold water bath and also protect your ear and sinus to entry of water also avoid expouser to dust because some time its allergy may leads to sinusitis . So you should communicate me after report of your culture and sensitivity so that I would be able to suggest right antibiotic with its duration because duration of taking antibiotic is important in cure .
by that time you can take
Paracetamol 500mg 2 times a day for relieving headache .
Decongestant like tablet of Sinarest 3 times a day .
feel free to contact .
regards,
Dr.manish Purohit
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