Physicians should reduce the use of antibiotics in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections, as these drugs are ineffective, researchers believe, according to the Internet publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35 years Pannochka. Net Approximately 90% of people in the UK with sinusitis receive antibiotics in the prescribing sheet. But an analysis of 9 studies published in the journal Lancet showed that antibiotics do not have any effect in these cases, even if the patient was sick for more than 7 days.

Sinusitis is an infectious and inflammatory process localized in sinuses or paranasal sinuses. Most often occurs after hypothermia and influenza. Every year, 1-5% of adults get this diagnosis.

Scientists advise doctors to prescribe antibiotics only in cases where the patient is sick for 7 to 10 days. Since up to seven days, antibiotics can cope with a bacterial infection, and not with a viral infection, a complication of which often is sinusitis and inflammation of the upper respiratory tract.

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