Expect a "Watch and Wait" Approach for Acute Sinusitis

More patients with acute bacterial rhinosinusitis will be told to “watch and wait”...versus start an antibiotic.

Antibiotics aren’t often needed for acute UNcomplicated sinusitis...inflammation of tissues around the sinuses which often causes facial pressure or pain, fever, etc.

Most sinusitis cases are viral...and resolve on their own in a week or so. But a bacterial cause is likely if symptoms persist for at least 10 days without improvement or start to worsen after initially improving.