Viral upper respiratory tract infections – also known as the common cold – afflict everyone, typically three times per year, ...

With the arrival of spring and soaring pollen counts, many seasonal allergy sufferers are seeking relief from bothersome, or even debilitating, symptoms. Nasal irrigation using a variety of methods — ...

A common health concern, chronic sinus infections can significantly diminish a person’s quality of life. Marked by inflammation in the air-filled sinus cavities, recurrent infections can cause ...

We all know that one of the worst things about having a cold is that congested feeling in your nose and sinuses — especially when you lay down and feel like you just can’t breathe. It’s even worse ...

Sinuses are a grouping of interconnected air pockets within the bones of your skull, but experts aren’t really sure what their true purpose is. Some speculate they are there to provide a cushion, ...

Advising patient with chronic sinus congestion to use nasal irrigation -- a popular nonpharmacologic treatment -- improved their symptoms, but steam inhalation did not, according to a randomized ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m asking this question for my sister. Is it safe to use a nasal rinse solution when one has a sinus infection with green phlegm? She also sufferers from a deviated septum, ...

Advising patient with chronic sinus congestion to use nasal irrigation - a popular nonpharmacologic treatment - improved their symptoms, but steam inhalation did not, according to a randomized ...

Q Whenever you talk about neti pots, you include a warning about always using distilled water. It seemed to me like an overreaction, but now there’s news that someone died from not doing that. Why ...

Chronic sinus infections are common and they can be hard to treat, but nasal irrigation with salt water may help prevent some sinus symptoms, according to a new study in the U.K. Inhaling steam, on ...