ANTIBIOTICS DON'T CURE SINUS
The widespread use of standard antibiotics to treat sinus infections does not help cure patients and may harm them by increasing their resistance to the drugs, according to a new study published on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 (and per my observations as well). The researchers found that the percentage of patients who got well in 10 days was about the same whether they took an antibiotic or a placebo.
?€?With a little bit of patience, the body will usually heal itself,?€? said Ian Williamson, a family medicine researcher at the University of Southampton in England and lead author of the paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Daniel Merenstein, a family physician at Georgetown University in Washington, who was not involved in the study, said the study was more evidence of the overuse of antibiotics, which has caused problems with drug resistance. Recent studies also have shown that antibiotics are unnecessary for treating ear infections and bronchitis.
In addition to the antibiotics not helping the infection they will also contribute to a yeast overabundance. I have found this yeast situation is almost always one of the underlying causes of repeated sinus problems in the first place. It creates a vicious cycle.
There are so many natural & effective ways to help a body when it has any type of infection ?€“ my treatments, herbal remedies, homeopathics, etc. that provide real help.
~Susan