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A member asked:
If my daughter is just 8 y.o., should she take the antibiotic for sinusitis?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
May be: Doctors don't usually recommend taking antibiotics for sinusitis in an eight-year-old unless you try decongestants , nasal saline for approximate seven days but there are many different thoughts on this subject this is just my opinion.
Answered 6/30/2013
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Yes: If she really has bacterial sinusitis & not just congestion, antibiotics are the treatment of choice at 8 or 2 or 22.
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