Review of emedicinehealth.com by Sara Watkins

Emedicinehealth.com is a website full of medical information. It is a commercial website, so there are some ads to try to get you to buy things, but for the most part it is devoted to medical information. The site is the largest repository of medical information online. It is a privately held company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Ten thousand physician authors and editors contribute to the site. It covers everything under the sun, from anxiety and depression, to diabetes and high cholesterol. There are links to every health problem, all you have to do is click on the letter of the alphabet that your problem starts with and you come up with a list of everything that starts with that letter. Very cool, and very distracting when you are trying to look for just one topic and 10 others interest you!

As far as sinusitis goes, this website is very informative. It goes into a little more detail about things than sinusinfocenter.com does. The terminology used is a little more medical, but not too difficult to understand. On this website, there is a Glossary to look up difficult words, and there is also a link to get more information from different medical publications, such as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/sinusitis.htm) and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/sinusitis.stm).

Emedicinehealth.com is more "medical" in its set up; there is a lot of information on the different sinuses and how sinusitis affects each set and the symptoms and causes with each. It also contains a lot of information on the tests that ENTs can do and how they do the treatments. Sinusitis can be either acute, which is of sudden onset; or chronic, which is long term. Chronic sinusitis is the most common type. Sinusitis is caused by either a viral infection or by allergens and pollutants. This causes damage to the mucus layer that lines the sinuses, leading to inflammation. The lining thickens with fluid that obstructs nasal passage to the sinuses. Bacteria that are normally removed begin to multiply and then a sinus infection begins. Treatment is usually with an antibiotic to get rid of the infection, and a nasal decongestant to promote drainage of the sinuses.

This is a good website to use for any kind of medical questions you may have. The language is a little more "medical" and there are some ads, but the information is solid and helpful when you need questions answered.