Are you contagious if you have a sinus infection?

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asked Jul 23, 2020 in Other- Health by veple86 (340 points)
Are you contagious if you have a sinus infection?

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answered Jul 23, 2020 by Gracy (149,380 points)
Some types of sinus infections are contagious and some other types of sinus infections are not contagious.

If your sinus infection is caused by a virus then you are contagious with your sinus infection.

But if your sinus infection is caused by bacteria then your sinus infection is not contagious.

When you have a bacterial sinus infection the bacteria sinus infection cannot spread to other people and infect them and with a bacterial sinus infection antibiotics can help.

If you have virus sinus infection then antibiotics cannot treat the sinus infection caused by a virus and you'll be contagious with it.

If it's the virus sinus infection you should stay off work or out of school until the sinus infection clears up.

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