Lifestyle and home remedies

These self-help steps can help relieve sinusitis symptoms:

• Rest. This can help your body fight inflammation and speed recovery.
• Moisturize your sinuses. Drape a towel over your head as you breathe in the vapor from a bowl of medium-hot water. Keep the vapor directed toward your face. Or take a hot shower, breathing in the warm, moist air to help ease pain and help mucus drain.
• Warm compress. A warm compress on your nose and forehead may help relieve the pressure in your sinuses.
• Rinse out your nasal passages. Use a specially designed squeeze bottle, saline canister or neti pot to rinse your nasal passages. This home remedy, called nasal lavage, can help clear your sinuses.