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Humans have around 12 along the roof cavity and the cavity lateral nose, with the number, shape, size, and symmetry varied. Sinus-sinus cavity is formed in the face of the sinus bone maxillary, frontalis, ethmoidalis and sfenoidalis. All sinus epitel coated by the respiratory channel modification is capable of producing mucus, and silia so secret can be channeled into the nose cavity (Adams, 1997).
Sinusitis is the paranasal sinus inflammation mucosa. Bacterial acute sinusitis generally caused as a complication of viral respiratory tract infection on. Symptoms that arise, among others, nasal congestion, nose is purulent liquids, hiposmia or anosmia, cough, headache, pain around the face, fever, and weak (Piccirillo, 2004). Gen. sinusitis due to bacterial infection in adults, 0.2 to 2% comes from the top of the respiratory tract infection (Vicenza, 2001). Sinusitis sinusitis can be divided into acute, sub acute, and chronicles (Kennedy, 2007). According to Radojicic 2004, sinusitis sinusitis can be divided into acute, sub acute, chronicles, rekuren and acute sinusitis.
Agents cause sinusitis may be a virus, bacteria, or fungi. Number of events associated with sinusitis infections on the channel of breath in children is 5 - 10% and in adults is 10%. Sinusitis is rare in children less than 1 year due to sinus not developed in this age (Kennedy, 2007).

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