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I get sick every year with post nasal drip and a bad cough and eventually it turns into sinus infection. how early into it can i get antibiotic?
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7-10 days: Acute bacterial sinusitis is typically diagnosed when a cold worsens after 7 days or fails to show improvement within 10 days.
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