I have had recurrent sinusitis for about 5 years flaring up 4-5 times/year.
It doesn't have to start with a cold, but I am usually around someone that has had one. The symptoms begin with pressure in my maxillary and frontal sinuses always on the right side of my face, then it leads to pain. I don't have a runny nose, but do have post nasal drip- it feels like thick phlegm at the back of my throat that doesn't move. After flushing with saline I may get small amounts of yellow phelgm from my throat- very little discharge from my nose.
About a week ago I was having pressure, so I started taking flonase twice a day and saline irrigations. It didn't help, the pressure lead to pain and swelling, even pain in my upper teeth. My GP started me on amoxicillin 2 days ago 250mg three times/day.
I feel really ill with no energy, sleeping much of the time- missed 3 days of work. I have been doing saline flushes twice/day. Today I have a low grade fever 37.8C. I now have numbness in my right cheek.
My GP is sending me to an ENT, I suspect they will do a CT scan first.
Any thoughts?
Oh I have also had strep throat, but not in the last year. My GP did not culture my throat this time, but if so shouldn't the amoxicilin work?
Perhaps I should give it more time but usually after 48 hrs of antibiotics I start to feel better, I definitely don't feel like I'm recovering.