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Antibiotics work in most cases of acute sinusitis that are caused by bacteria.

Apart from complications, the outlook for acute bacterial sinusitis is good.

Chances are good that if you've experienced the pain and agony of acute sinusitis more than once.

Once acute sinusitis is diagnosed, you will be treated with antibiotics for at least 10 to 12 days.

Even then, acute bacterial sinusitis usually clears up in seven to 14 days - without antibiotic treatment.

There's no sure way to avoid either acute or chronic sinusitis.

It is possible to develop "double sickening" while being treated for acute or chronic sinusitis.

Doctors often prescribe antibiotics for children who have acute sinusitis, but a new study suggests that the drugs do not help most of them.

Those found to have acute sinusitis were assigned to three groups, two given antibiotics, the third a placebo.

With or without antibiotics, most cases of acute sinusitis clear up in two weeks.