Do I Have Sinusitis?

Abstract

Patients perceive symptoms and call them sinusitis. Primary care doctors reinforce the perceived diagnosis by offering empiric treatment that might seem to affect the symptom giving the patient a false sense of treatment effect for their sinusitis." Most antibiotics have an anti inflammatory effect and steroids have broad ranging effects. Neither have specific effects for sinusitis, thus empiric treatment for sinusitis does not help inform diagnosis of sinusitis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 28, 2022
Accession Number
AD1165115

Entities

People

  • Erik K. Weitzel

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Analgesics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Congestion
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Dysplasia
  • Frontal Sinus
  • Histamine
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Nose
  • Nose Diseases
  • Pain
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Computed Tomography

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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  • Oncology (Cancer Research).
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