Health statistics will reveal that close to 37 million Americans suffer from acute sinus pressure, nasal congestion and post nasal drips per year. The most common therapy suggested by the doctors in this regard includes antibiotics which have proved to be a big relief from this acute condition. However this is seen to be followed by a chest cold most of the times.

However, good news associated with its treatment is that a new research has been carried out by Isareli experts which says that steroid nasal sprays can help ease symptoms of sinus in a much better way and also aid in speedy recovery to a great extent. This can prove to be of great advantage for patients suffering from it because sinus is an extremely painful state for the patient.

From news-medical.net:

Every year, nearly 37 million Americans suffer from the sinus pressure, nasal congestion, cough and postnasal drip that accompany sinusitis.

Doctors often prescribe antibiotics to relieve acute sinusitis, which can develop following a chest cold. However, steroid nasal sprays – either alone or with antibiotic therapy - may better ease symptoms and speed recovery, suggests a new review by Israeli researchers.

In this review, Anca Zalmanovici, a family physician at Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikva, and her co-author analyzed data from four randomized controlled trials including nearly 2,000 participants, all with clinical symptoms of acute sinusitis.

The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library , a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates research in all aspects of health care. Systematic reviews draw evidence-based conclusions about medical practice after considering both the content and quality of existing trials on a topic.

The research was carried out by taking a sample size of nearly 2000 participants for randomized trials suffering from severe sinusitis. The patients who had to undergo X-ray or nasal endoscopy in order to confirm the diagnosis either received a placebo or intranasal corticosteroids for two or three weeks. They were injected with steroids alone or in combination with antibiotics as well, The Intranasal corticosteroids used primarily included fluticasone propionate (Flonase), mometasone furoate (Nasonex) and the evry well known budesonide (Rhinocort).