longstanding sinus inflammation

[Anonymous]

Hello

My doctor has given my a cortisone spray for my nose. I'm wondering what other people have tried that has been successful. My right nostril gets so engorged and blocks off completely making it so hard to breathe and then panic sets in etc and it becomes sleepness nights and a vicious circle.

Cheers, Pikirimy

 

[richie]

There is an injection that most ENTS use –I think they inject the turbitz ?? to bring down swelling –thats the only thing that helped me once

Richie

[Rose]

Read this;
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[/align] A large percentage of people with constant stuffy noses carry the bacteria, staph aureus, in their noses. Some carriers have no nasal symptoms at all. People who carry staph aureus in their noses are at increased risk for not healing when they cut themselves or have surgery, having sore nipples when they breast feed, and being unable to control skin diseases such as eczema or psoriasis. Surgeons who have staph aureus in their noses are usually not allowed to operate because the germ can get into surgical wounds and delay healing.

Doctors usually treat skin infections with antibiotic pills and injections, which readily clear germs from the skin, but oral and injected antibiotics rarely clear staph aureus from the nose. After treatment, staph aureus returns to your skin to start another infection. Most of the time, you can clear staph aureus from your nose by applying an antibiotic ointment in your nose at bedtime for several weeks. You can buy inexpensive bacitracin or neosporin ointment without a prescription (in the first-aid section of your pharmacy or supermarket) and apply a small amount inside your nostrils for several weeks. Some people need to apply an antibiotic ointment into their noses for five days each month for a year to be cured. If you have a resistant staph aureus that does not respond after a year, your doctor can do a culture to tell you what antibiotic to use.
More on staph aureus
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Checked 2/8/08

[DianeWI]

Do a search on the use of a Neti-pot.  I am prone to near constant sinus infections and so are my daughters.  I went through sinus surgery a few years ago and it was one of the worst experiences that I have had with surgery.  It was a complete misery to heal out of.  While in the midst of having my nose packed and a plastic spike to hold the nose in place, I did a day-long search on the net.  My AP doc had told me about Neti pots and finally, I was wanting to gather information.  I found that daily use of a Neti-pot will control most infections.  Since that time, we are avid users of the Neti and we have had wonderful results.  It takes a little practice to get it working well.  Its sooooooooooooooo much better then going to the doc, taking a lot of antibiotics and going through cultures etc…No more ENT's specialists for me.

Diane

[casey]

I had constant sinus infections right up to last yr  until my other symptoms started that led to my rheumatic disease diagnosis. I always used Flonase and it worked great but i found it only worked before the infection got bad. when i felt one coming on , i would start it . It was more of a preventitive thing from it progressing. When it did progress, the only thing that worked was biaxin or levaquin.

Strange thing now , since i have other symptoms, i have not had a sinus infection since. Maybe my bugs have moved out of that area into another.

Casey

[A Friend]

Pikirmy,

Mayo Research had a paper going around a number of years ago stating that chronic sinus conditions for the most part were found to be caused by a fungus. 

Edit:  Just did a search and found the Mayo Research link:

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9909/09/sinusitis/index.html

From much reading over the years (mostly from Dr. Wm Crook's books), and adhering to some of the concepts, my own serious head/sinus problems (over a period of time) were made 99% better. 

The steroids, inhaled or taken orally, seem like such a blessing when they act quickly to relieve inflammation, etc., but my understanding is they are not a good thing to use longterm. 

Todays Mercola newsletter had good information related to diet things that will no doubt help our sinus conditions as well as the topic for which it was written — affecting our cells, immune system, etc.:

 http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/3/6/cancer-and-the-bacterial-connection.aspx 

[Go down to Dr. Mercola's comments and read the part about  sugar and cancer.  The rest of it was very interesting as well.]

Good luck to you,

AF

[casey]

AF,

You are right. Long term use of these steroids is not good though it helped relieve the pain by the next day by keeping the inflammation down. By the time i started to use it , i never knew i had so much permanent thickening in the mucosa linings of the sinus cavities and 3 nasal polyps from the sinus infections.

Back then, little did i know how it all relates now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[A Friend]

Hi Pikirimy,

Have been doing some reading tonight, and just accidentally saw your older post here about your chronic sinus condition.  If you have the patience to read the following article, I believe the information can possibly be helpful.  The paragraph is about three pages into the article and begins in italic print with:  “Candida Albicans Allergy…..”

Molybdenum for Candida albicans Patients – PDF
Molybdenum for Candida albicans Patients – HTML

It is said that Candida Albicans allergy can be due to longterm stimulation of the immune system, free radical release, and antioxidant depletion.  Molybdenum is necessary to deal with such problems and the cause of the chronic sinus symptoms can be because of this “unmet molybdenum requirement of the patient.”  The article stated that there were numerous things that accumulate in the tissues that cannot be addressed because of this deficiency.  

Several years ago, I read about molybdenum being involved in such as this by one of my favorite physicians/authors on dysbiosis.  He wrote about our sensitivity to fragrances, etc. and that it can be due to this same molybdenum deficiency.  Also, I believe he wrote that this is part of the reason for the feeling of drunkenness when patients with candida albicans consume certain foods and drinks.  You might want to share this information with your physician. 

Best to you,
AF 

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