How to Keep Your Sinuses Healthy

There are millions of people who suffer from sinusitis every year. Sinusitis causes pressure around the bridge of your nose, low grade fevers accompanied by a feeling of swollen eyes and headaches and a green, yellow or grayish colored mucus. The pressure associated with sinusitis can also cause awful ear and dental pain.

Instructions

• 1

  Don't blow that nose! Blowing your nose can send bacteria into your sinuses. Try an antihistamine instead.

• 2

  Cry. Crying relieves stress and pent up sinus pressure.

• 3

  Sleep with your head elevated. This allows your sinuses to drain.

• 4

  Avoid nasal spray usage that lasts longer than 3 days. This can cause a rebound effect that's even worse the second time around.

• 5

  Lean over a steaming water source with a towel over your head to capture it and breath deeply. If you can not do this, drape a warm, wet washcloth over the bridge of your nose and eyes.

• 6

  Hum. Swedish researchers believe that humming can help keep the sinuses clear and healthy.

• 7

  Avoid cigarettes, wheat, wine and milk during common flare up times. These are known sinus irritants.