Objectives
By the end of the presentation the student will be able to :
- Define sinusitis.
- Identify the classifications of sinusitis .
- List five risk factors of sinusitis.
- Enumerate four signs and symptoms of sinusitis.
- List five medical management of sinusitis
- State four nursing management of sinusitis
- Give five preventive measures of sinusitis.
- State two complications of sinusitis
Introduction
- Several bones surrounding the nasal cavity contain paranasal sinuses ,air-filled cavities.
- Sinuses are located in the ethmoid, frontal, maxillary and sphenoid bone adjacent to the nasal cavity .The sinuses lighten the skull and serve as sound resonating chamber during speech. The sinuses open into the nasal cavity and they lined with cilliated mucous membrane that continues with the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity.
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