| Sumario: | This study aimed to find the utility of homoeopathic medicines for acute sinusitis in children. Upper respiratory tract infection is common cause of sinusitis in children. Environmental factors that may trigger an attack of acute sinusitis on exposure to excessive cold weather, damp climate or change of weather, swimming. Bacteria and viruses tend to flourish in crowded areas and hence children who are prone to acute sinusitis easily. So by avoiding such triggering factors and taking care of such environmental factors which trigger acute sinusitis with homoeopathic remedies. A prospective, clinical study was carried out during the period 2012 -2013, 30 cases were studied from OPD and IPD, at S.K.H.M.C Beed. Acute sinusitis is the clinical condition, found very commonly in age group of (11 to 14) the number of cases observed during study are 16 i.e.53.33%, (8 to 10) they are 12 i.e. 40.00% and (1 to 7) are 2 i.e. 6.67%.Females are more commonly affected than the males i.e. 17 Females (56.67%) as compared to male (13) i.e. 43.33%. During the study maximum number of cases of acute maxillary sinusitis is 33%, acute ethmoidal sinusitis is 30%, while that of acute frontal sinusitis which is 27%, acute fronto-maxillary sinusitis is 10 %. Homoeopathic medicines prescribed according to individualisation as Belladonna (20.00%) and Silicea terra (16.67%), Arsenicum album (10.00%), Phosphorus (10.00%) and Sabadilla (6.67%) remedies covers majority of symptoms of the acute sinusitis is again covering the symptom totality. lower down the increasing incidence of recurrent acute sinusitis. The rise in incidence of trephination and antral lavage are the major phenomenon, around 1, 00,000 antral lavage are done annually in India, so it is our duty to aware society about the immunological functions of paranasal sinuses and avoiding surgery in children And avoiding adverse effect of antibiotics by managing such sinusitis cases.
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