Antibiotics no help for sinus cold
Mar. 14, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From WebMD…
Even after suffering 10 days with a head cold, antibiotics won’t help your stuffy sinuses get better.
Antibiotics don’t help virus infections, the cause of most head colds. But after an adult patient has suffered stuffy sinuses for a week to 10 days, most doctors offer antibiotic treatment in case a bacterial infection has set in. Doctors may offer antibiotics even more promptly if the sinus infection is dripping thick green phlegm into the throat.
But nasty snot or not, antibiotics aren’t likely to help, find Jim Young, PhD, of University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues. read full article…