Frontitis is an infection of the frontal sinus, which is accompanied by very unpleasant symptoms. It is necessary to begin timely treatment of frontal sinusitis at home, since with improper therapy, the disease can develop into meningitis.
Causes of frontal sinusitis
Diseases are always preceded by any changes in the body. Predisposing factors of frontitis are:
1. Illiterate Rhinitis and other diseases, as well as residual frontal sinusitis. Very often people do not pay attention to a runny nose. But this pathology provokes an inflammatory process. After a certain period of time, this process develops into frontal sinusitis.
2. Nasal injuries and difficulty in nasal breathing. Pathology is an occupational disease of athletes, as they often injure the nose.
3. The tendency of the body to bacteriocarrier. If a large number of bacteria accumulate in the body and they are in an inactive state, then after a certain period of time they begin to rapidly multiply and populate the sinuses. As a result, the inflammatory process begins.
4. Adenoids. Any viral ailment provokes an increase in adenoids. This causes swelling of the mucosa. The respiratory channels are blocked. A person begins to breathe with his mouth. This leads to the penetration of bacteria into the body.
Whatever the cause of the pathology, it is necessary to start treatment in a timely manner.
Inhalation in the treatment of frontal sinusitis at home
It is possible to treat the disease at home with the help of inhalation. For safety and convenience it is better to use a steam inhaler. If there is no device, then you can do it by inhaling therapeutic vapors. Effective recipes are:
1. Peel 2 potatoes and boil. Pour out the water. Gently chop the vegetable. Potatoes can simply be mashed.
2. Pour boiling water over 5-6 bay leaves. Hold the whole composition over low heat for a couple of minutes.
3. 2 large spoons of dry chamomile pour 2 cups of liquid. To the resulting mixture, drop a couple of drops of eucalyptus essential oil.
4. Grind 4 cloves of garlic and pour 4 large tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Add a glass of boiling water to the composition.
5. Boil half a pan of liquid and add a small piece of Zvezdochka balm to it.
It is necessary to carry out manipulations hot. Lean over a container with a healing composition and cover with a towel on top. Do not bend too close, otherwise you can get a burn. The duration of the manipulation is about a quarter of an hour. Spends from 1 to 3 sessions per day.
If purulent masses are observed in the nose, then after manipulations they will leave the sinuses. This will continue for a couple of days.
If there is a special nebulizer device, then you can use drugs such as Bioparox, Isofra, Xylene for inhalation.
Massage for the treatment of frontitis at home
This is a highly effective method of dealing with frontal sinusitis. Massage need biologically active points. They are located in places of accumulation of nerve points. Such acupressure helps to relieve headaches and mucus. The exercises are as follows:
1. Stimulate the area between the eyebrows. You need to massage it counterclockwise with one finger. Eyes should be closed. The duration of the procedure is about 5 minutes.
2. To rise a little higher in the middle of the forehead. Do the same exercises for 5 minutes.
3. To involve in the process symmetrical points near the outer corner of the eyes. Around where the eyebrows end. Massage these points with gentle movements. Pressing gradually intensify.
4. Find the recesses with which the wings of the nose begin. In these places, the skin becomes oily faster.
5. Fingers spread a little to the side. The points are a couple of centimeters below the eyes.
The duration of the massage of each point is from 3 to 5 minutes. On average, a cure lasts from 2 to 3 weeks. With insufficient effectiveness, a course of therapy should be carried out after a month. With the combination of massage with drug therapy, the healing process can be significantly accelerated.
Nasal lavage in the treatment of frontitis at home
Normal blowing your nose with this pathology is not enough to get rid of the accumulated mucus. Effectively do nose washings. The best recipes for the procedures are:
1. Add a quarter of a small spoonful of salt, a pinch of soda and 3 drops of tea tree essential oil to a glass of liquid. Oil can be replaced with iodine.
2. Add 2 tablets of furatsilin to half a liter of liquid. This is an antiseptic that fights bacteria well. Due to this, bacteria are not fixed on the mucosa.
3. On a cup of boiling water add a small spoonful of St. John's wort grass and the same amount of chamomile. Leave in a closed container for 45 minutes. After all, filter and cool to 20 degrees. The product is characterized by a bactericidal effect.
Before use, any solution must be filtered through a couple of layers of gauze.
There are several recipes for healing solutions, but the methodology for their application is the same. The following actions must be performed:
1. The solution should be put into a special syringe or teapots.
2. Blow your nose to remove mucus residues. If necessary, apply vasoconstrictor drops.
3. Lean forward over the sink, turn your head around, hold your breath and pour the solution into one nostril under pressure. If everything is done correctly, then the fluid will come out of the other nostril. Repeat with another nasal passage. The escaping fluid will remove residual mucus.
Repeat manipulations as necessary. Usually enough 2-3 procedures. With this pathology, it is useful to rinse the nostrils before bedtime.
Alternative methods of treating frontal sinusitis at home
For the treatment of pathology at home, you can prepare nose drops. There are several recipes for their preparation:
1. Black Radish Juice. Helps to cope with congestion, a person begins to breathe. Drip drop into each nostril three times a day.
2. Kalanchoe. Put the leaves of the plant in the refrigerator for 3 days. After this time, rinse and finely chop them. Collect the resulting juice. Dilute it with 2 parts of liquid.
3. Freeze 50 g of propolis. After finely chop and add 10 drops of olive oil. Leave in a dark place for three days.
4. Cyclomen. The juice of the plant must be diluted in a ratio of 4 to 1. Drip the drug 2 drops three times a day.
Drops should be dripped into us after the procedure of washing the nose or inhalation.
Also, in the treatment of frontitis at home, warming the forehead will help. It is recommended to carry out manipulations with two boiled eggs. They can hold heat for a long period, which is transmitted to the frontal sinuses. While the eggs are too hot they can be wrapped in a towel and applied to the area above the eyebrows. The procedure should continue until the eggs have cooled.
You can warm your forehead not only with eggs, but also with rice or sand. Both ingredients must be warmed up and placed in a tissue bag. Put it on the forehead closer to the eyebrows. Warming up lasts no more than 10 minutes. After the procedure, a bandage should be put on the head. Increased blood circulation leads to liquefaction of mucus.
Patients with colds need to consume honey. A bee product enhances defenses. Thanks to honey, you can increase the intake of trace elements in the body. You can just use it for a tablespoon of tea. With pathology, such recipes with the addition of honey are often prescribed:
1. Squeeze the juice from two oranges, add a small spoonful of melted honey and a little cinnamon powder. It is recommended to drink such a tool daily in the morning on an empty stomach throughout the entire period of the disease.
2.Aloe juice mixed with the same amount of honey. The resulting mixture is instilled into the nose.
3. Ointment. To obtain a healing composition, mix in the same ratio onion, honey, aloe leaves, cyclomen and Vishnevsky ointment. Stir the entire mass until smooth. In the resulting product, moisten cotton buds and anoint the nasal passages. You can also make cotton turunds, which should be moistened in medicine and laid in the nostrils. Such an ointment will contribute to the discharge of mucus.
Treatment of frontal sinusitis at home should be justified. If the patient is in a serious condition, it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor.
