Question: Had a cold a few weeks ago. Towards the end had runny nose and blew nose frequently to clear it. Thought everything ok but afterwords started occasionally smelling and even more occasionally tasting blood, but never had blood discharge from nostrils. Five days ago started getting sinus congestion with sensitivity around eyebrows and developed minor fever. Fever subsided after 24 hours but congestion worsened and became quite painful. Occasionally congestion enough to cause left eye to tear up (not from pain but seems just pushed out by congestion). Pain/congestion is responsive to OTC decongestants and haven't had loss of smell or inability to breath through the nose. Normally I'm fine in the morning but congestion builds through the day (perhaps because of steam from shower holding off symptoms until later in the day?). On the first day the congestion went away after a few hours but on second through fourth day it didn't subside until i took a decongestant. Took longer for congestion to develop today but still painful. I'm 34 with no history of allergies. Never had anything like this happen before. I'd appreciate any feedback on causes and recommendations for treatment. Sounds like sinus infection (viral or bacterial?) but I want to see if there's anything i should do beyond the OTC meds to avoid problem worsening.