Thus, a patient can have a nasal allergy and a bacterial sinusitis at the same time. This is not an uncommon situation and a chronic or long standing infection may develop. In this case, a doctor may also elect to treat with an antibiotic usually for as long as three weeks. There are several medications and treatments which can be provided by a doctor. These include drug therapies, allergy testing and in severe cases surgery.
Prolonged use can sometimes cause nose bleeding and thinning of the lining of the nose.
Patients taking these medications should be checked by a physician every few months. These medications have less sedative effects, less drying and less complications of urinary retention and impotence. Some doctors are even starting to use some of these drugs in asthmatic patients. Loratadine has been shown to have a significant bronchodilatory effect in patients with mild to moderate asthma. Fexofenadine is an antihistamine said to have little or no anti-cholinergic effects and should have less problems with drying, urinary retention and impotence.