Types of Sinusitis
Sinusitis: Types list
The list of types of Sinusitis mentioned in various sources includes:
- Acute Sinusitis - lasts less than 3 weeks
- Chronic Recurrent - longer than 3 weeks
- Recurrent Recurrent - repeated bouts
- Frontal sinus infection
- Maxillary sinus infection
- Ethmoid sinus infection
- Sphenoid sinus infection
- Bacterial sinusitis
- Fungal sinusitis
- Chronic Sinusitis
Types discussion:
Health care experts usually divide
sinusitis cases into
- Acute, which lasts for 3 weeks or less
- Chronic, which usually lasts for 3 to 8 weeks but can continue
for months or even years
- Recurrent, which is several acute attacks within a year
(Source: excerpt from
Sinusitis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
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