A sinus infection (sinusitis) can be treated with antibiotics when it is caused by bacteria. Sinus symptoms from other causes, such as allergies or viruses, will not benefit from ...

Your infection comes back a week later. Well, what happens is, you knocked out all the bacteria that were sensitive to the antibiotics; the bacteria that were resistant, they're there, they're ...

If home remedies don't do the trick, Minkin says antibiotics may be prescribed to clear up the infection. In other cases, your doctor might make a small cut to drain the boil and drain the pus out.