Treatment of Acute and Chronic Sinusitis

More than 37 million Americans suffer from at least one episode of acute sinusitis each year. The prevalence of sinusitis has soared in the last decade possibly due to increased pollution, urban sprawl, and increased resistance to antibiotics. Acute sinusitis is used to describe a condition where one develops facial pain along the sinuses, infected discharge from the nasal cavities and fevers.  This condition can last up to 12 weeks and still be termed acute sinusitis.  If the condition lasts longer than 12 weeks then we term it chronic sinusitis.  Most cases of acute sinusitis are treated medically with oral antibiotics, nasal steroid sprays, nasal irrigation and decongestants.  However, most cases of chronic sinusitis will require surgical therapy for definitive treatment.  Dr. Alen Cohen and Dr. Jerome Vener are experts in the diagnosis and medical/surgical management of acute and chronic sinusitis and serve the greater Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks areas from their office in West Hills.   For further details in surgical management of chronic sinusitis please see the sinus surgery section.