In many collections of folk recipes, there is advice that one of the most effective ways is to treat sinusitis with an egg. However, maxillary sinusitis is a serious medical condition, and improper or untimely treatment of any procedure can both help and harm your health. Next, we will consider whether it is possible to warm your nose with sinusitis with an egg, and how to do it correctly.
When to use dry heat
Dry heat treatment of sinuses can indeed be effective, but it should only be used under certain conditions:
- At the very initial stage of the development of the disease. In fact, it is necessary to warm the nose even at a time when a person has just developed a runny nose, and he does not yet suspect the presence of inflammation in the maxillary sinuses. At the same time, the anastomosis has not yet swollen strongly, and the secretion outflow occurs naturally. Heating the area of the accessory pockets leads to the activation of local blood circulation and an increase in the number of immune cells that fight the causative agent of the disease.
- After the end of the acute stage of the disease, when the purulent process is suppressed with the help of antibiotics, and symptoms such as hyperthermia and headaches have significantly weakened. In this case, warming up with a boiled egg will help activate the activity of the cilia of the ciliated epithelium, thin the thick mucus and ensure its easy outflow. Accelerated recovery of mucous membranes will enable a person to get rid of sinusitis forever and prevent it from becoming chronic.
It is advisable to visit an otolaryngologist before starting such alternative therapy to determine the cause of the onset of the disease and take an X-ray to make sure that pus does not accumulate in the accessory pockets. In addition, warming up will give a good effect only in combination with other methods of treatment: using vasoconstrictor drops and rinsing the nasal passages.
Contraindications to warming up and possible consequences
Heating the skin of the face and accessory chambers, contrary to some claims, does not lead to the death of pathogenic bacteria. A person without a burn is able to withstand temperatures on the skin up to 42-43 degrees, which is completely insufficient to destroy pathogenic microflora, which dies only at temperatures exceeding 90 degrees.
If the very initial stage of the disease is missed and symptoms of the development of maxillary sinusitis began to appear, such as nasal congestion, pain in the projection of the sinuses and the head, fever, weakness, green or yellow nasal discharge, then the idea of curing by warming up with folk methods will have to be postponed until next time.
It is strictly forbidden to carry out any manipulations associated with heating in the area of the affected air pockets if there is an active release of the contents from the sinuses.
This is evidence that the attachment of the bacterial component has occurred, and the pathogenic microflora began to actively multiply inside. A local rise in temperature can cause the following consequences:
- acceleration of the growth of colonies of microbes, which will cause an abrupt accumulation of pus in the cavity;
- increased swelling of the connective canal due to increased blood flow to the tissues.
The combination of these factors can lead to an increase in the pressure of purulent exudate on the sinus walls, which is fraught with fever, severe pain and the possibility of an infected mucus breakthrough into neighboring organs located in the human skull.
It is especially dangerous to warm up the sinuses if the causative agents of sinusitis are such dangerous infections as Haemophilus influenzae, meningococcus, or fungi. Attempts to defeat them without proper medical treatment, primarily antibiotic therapy, can result in severe complications such as:
- swelling of the tissues of the orbit;
- acute otitis media;
- damage to the facial bones (periostitis);
- damage to the blood vessels of the head;
- the appearance of purulent phlegmon and sepsis;
- purulent meningitis and edema of the meninges;
- brain abscess.
When heating the accessory chambers in the case of chronic sinusitis at the stage of exacerbation, similar phenomena are possible as in the acute course of the disease.
How to warm up your nose with an egg
If an adult or a child is hypothermic and there are suspicions that this may cause a respiratory illness or maxillary sinusitis, then to prevent such a course of events, traditional medicine recommends boiling one or two chicken eggs hard-boiled and applying it to the cheekbones in the area of the maxillary sinuses and the upper part of the wings nose. A soft-boiled egg can during the procedure 
burst and burn the skin with the leaked yolk, therefore, after boiling water, you need to cook it for at least 10 minutes, then it will boil completely and keep warm well.
Since the egg is hot, you should wrap it with a thin towel, handkerchief, or any clean cloth before applying it to the skin. It is desirable that it be made from natural materials - cotton or linen. The required number of layers of tissue must be determined empirically, based on your own feelings.
There are several ways to warm your nose with a chicken egg, they differ only in details:
- one egg is boiled and alternately applied to each wing of the nose until it cools completely, while the shell does not need to be peeled;
- the product is not just applied to the skin, but rolls in the clockwise direction, this helps to warm up each sinus more evenly;
- two eggs are prepared and pressed simultaneously against both accessory chambers, this option is most appropriate for preventive warming up after hypothermia of the body.
The duration of the procedure cannot be less than 7 minutes, and it is best to be patient and wait until the egg cools down to body temperature. In this case, the thermal effect will be milder and will provide a smooth increase in blood flow with an increase in the level of local immunity. If the attending physician gives the go-ahead for such therapy, then it is carried out 1-2 times a day for a week.
The best option would be to warm up your nose in the evening before going to bed. After the procedure, it is advisable for the patient to drink herbal tea and lie under a warm blanket for at least half an hour, and preferably until the morning.
If the treatment is carried out during the day, then it is undesirable to go outside within half an hour after the end even in summer, and in winter it is advisable to wait one hour, and go out into the fresh air, covering your face with a warm scarf and breathing through it.
A few "stupid" questions
Consider a few questions that online users are asking about heat treatment for sinusitis:
- Can you eat an egg after using it to warm up your sinuses? - On some resources, you can read different "authoritative" opinions, why it is absolutely impossible to do this. In fact, if you are not an adherent of the teachings about various dark energies, and simply are not subject to unnecessary prejudices, then eat to your health, nothing bad will happen from this.
- Why is a chicken egg advised for warming, why others are not suitable? - In principle, both ostrich and crocodile eggs can be used for heat treatment. It's just that in giving good advice, people assume that chicken products can be found in every refrigerator, and that they are the best size for putting them on the nose.
- Is it possible to use this method of treatment if sinusitis has developed against the background of allergies? - No, warming up with dry heat at the onset of the disease helps only in case of a cold cause of the disease. Such forms of sinusitis as allergic, odontogenic, polyposis must be treated with medication or by surgery.
