Sinusitis Pain Relief System

Sinusitis is an inflammation caused in the nasal passage due to cold, allergies or by nasal polyps. Sinusitis is a major problem among one in eight people around the world. Naturopathy is an emerging field in medicine. People are interested more in ailment of natural treatments than antibiotic and other medicines. Now treating the sinusitis by massaging at acupressure points has become common. The objective of this work is to provide relief from sinusitis pain through acupressure points. The proposed methodology of sinusitis treatment can be done by applying heating cooling effect and massaging action simultaneously. This paper deals with the both the methods of treating the sinusitis. This system integrates an android mobile application with a hardware device that serves this purpose. A mask can be made in appropriate human size which consists of motors and heating and cooling system embedded. The user can control the speed of massaging and can also alter the temperature using the smart phone. The mobile application was developed using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) application inventor. This simple mobile application designed is user friendly. The similar methodology can be used for other applications like knee pain relief and back pain relief.