A question about sinus cultures (i.e. for sinusitis)?????

Hi, I had a culture of my sinuses today because I get very frequent sinus infections and the antibiotics are no longer working. I'm starting to feel an infection coming on, but I don't tend to get any nasal discharge since I got my adenoids removed (I do get a lot of post nasal drip though, and when I spit, it's yellow). Anyway, they did it in each nostril and at the back of my throat with a long cotton swab. I was that the swab was yellow when the nurse was putting it back in the little tube, and I'm wondering, was that yellow from the infection (i.e. the mucus), or is that the color of the swab? I know that sometimes the swabs used for certain tests are colored, so I was wondering if anyone knew?

Thanks!!!!!!

The swab cotton color is WHITE ... so yes the color came from the infection.

Wish you the best of health

I noticed that you said the antibiotocs were no longer working.
Are you willing to try something nature to get rid of the infection??

Dear,
Without an infection the nasal mucus is clear, smelless, not thick in consistency and usually not copious in amount. When an infection by bacteria occurs, the body defense start a fight with it. Victims from the two armies (bacteria and neutrophils"the body defense cells against bacteria") will for PUS which will be discharged if there is a way to do so. The yellow color that you have seen is probably due to the pus contents in the nasal discharge. It is more complicated than this but this is the simplest form to get to the point. Let me know if this was serving the purse.

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