I have had chronic sinusitis for the past 6 months and ran two separate courses of antibiotic treatment to no avail, It left me with extreme fatigue and in body aches and pains, as well as constant pressure in my face… I haven’t been to the gym in months because I didn’t want to make myself more sick with what I thought was a bacterial infection, happy to say I am able to go back now and found some really great diet and lifestyle changes from this experience, while curing the sinus issues.
I thought I would make a thread on it in case anyone else may be experiencing similar and to look into possible treatments of misdiagnosed conditions, Recently they found a lot of people diagnosed and treated for fibromyalga, athritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome actually had chronic recurring sinus infections…
Some cool things I found that helped my immune system and health in general through this was the addition of vitamin D, C, Pro biotics, Grape Seed Extract, and HCL pills for low stomach acid.
I had sinusitis and bronchitis and would either sleep with one nostril running or the other. But the worst was not being able to take a proper deep breath and dreaming that I was suffocating.
The doctor medicated me up and that took care of it, but it does eem to come back every year. I got some ephedrine when I was home in Canada two months ago and I hope to medicate myself with that if there comes a night soon that I can’t breathe.
I have a narrowing of a sinus passage on one side that I should have surgery on sooner or later. CAT scan shows it clearly and that’s my problem.
When I feel a sinus infection coming on, I do a sinus rinse for a few days and often it knocks it out. I had a bad one over the summer that took almost 2 months to kick. I finally went on levaquin for 2 weeks, a steroid shot too. This was at my PC doctor, she’s pretty good. My ENT takes weeks to get an appointment, but they have the tools to drain the crud out of my sinuses.
I also looked into that and used Colidial Silver Nasal Spray for a bit supposedly it helps as an anti fungal agent, as well as a sinus rinse for the general stuff, though it kind of clogged my ears a bit and gave me ringing… I do have mold in my house somewhere so that is easily a possibility. I think changing diet and nutrition could be one of the most important things for mold though, to help desensitive oneself from reactions.
I don’t want to sound like a hippie but I have recently started fasting 24 hrs once a week. My digestion and my allergies (sinus ) have improved a lot. Food for thought
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
I’ll check the links, thanks.
I have a narrowing of a sinus passage on one side that I should have surgery on sooner or later. CAT scan shows it clearly and that’s my problem.
When I feel a sinus infection coming on, I do a sinus rinse for a few days and often it knocks it out. I had a bad one over the summer that took almost 2 months to kick. I finally went on levaquin for 2 weeks, a steroid shot too. This was at my PC doctor, she’s pretty good. My ENT takes weeks to get an appointment, but they have the tools to drain the crud out of my sinuses.
Rob[/quote]
Definitely having a narrowing will prevent drainage and cause inflamation, http://www.balloonsinuplasty.com/what-is-balloon-sinuplasty This looks like the best surgery option available, quick and pain less, no real risks or down time from surgery… Just a balloon they put in to drain the sinuses.
[quote]crowdhater wrote:
I don’t want to sound like a hippie but I have recently started fasting 24 hrs once a week. My digestion and my allergies (sinus ) have improved a lot. Food for thought[/quote]
I don’t think that sounds bad at all, idk if I could stick to a 24 hour fast once a week though haha, I did a lot of other things to help though; mainly supplementation and getting mold out of the house.
I feel like mentioning on here too if someone is experiencing extreme fatigue and bad body aches and pains definitely get the sinuses checked out… I would feel really down if I had this ongoing for a long time and no means of the actual cause which happens to some people, even misdiagnoses of depression which is what everyone around me thought too until I got it all checked.
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
I’ll check the links, thanks.
I have a narrowing of a sinus passage on one side that I should have surgery on sooner or later. CAT scan shows it clearly and that’s my problem.
When I feel a sinus infection coming on, I do a sinus rinse for a few days and often it knocks it out. I had a bad one over the summer that took almost 2 months to kick. I finally went on levaquin for 2 weeks, a steroid shot too. This was at my PC doctor, she’s pretty good. My ENT takes weeks to get an appointment, but they have the tools to drain the crud out of my sinuses.
Rob[/quote]
Definitely having a narrowing will prevent drainage and cause inflamation, http://www.balloonsinuplasty.com/what-is-balloon-sinuplasty This looks like the best surgery option available, quick and pain less, no real risks or down time from surgery… Just a balloon they put in to drain the sinuses. [/quote]
That’s what he’ll probably wind up doing, I’ll have to make a pre-surgery appointment and get another cat scan done I’m sure.
On the mold issue, where my father was living he had a serious black mold issue in his outside porch. It triggered off my asthma and I almost wound up in the hospital with it. I was after my brother to get it abated which caused a big stink in the family. But that shit in your sinuses is bad news.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I dont know maybe try that Dr (ENT) who specializes in this shit?
Or just go ahead and ask random strangers on the internet what they have done.
Good luck. [/quote]
Lol.
Now, if you’ve done what I’ve done and seen something like 6 ENTs over the past 15 years, had a two septoplasties, some electric turbinate reduction procedure, bilateral sinus surgery, a couple rounds of allergy testing, trials of allergy meds, corticosteroids, decongestants, mucolytics, saline rinses, and even took the GI route with an upper GI endoscopy and H Pylori treatment to try and fix things… and the doctors still don’t know what’s wrong. I even ended up hospitalized once for vertigo which turned out to be because of a sinus infection (after an expensive CT and even more expensive MRI).
So in my case, I kinda care about what random strangers on the internet have to say since the traditional routes haven’t done much for me.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I dont know maybe try that Dr (ENT) who specializes in this shit?
Or just go ahead and ask random strangers on the internet what they have done.
Good luck. [/quote]
Lol.
Now, if you’ve done what I’ve done and seen something like 6 ENTs over the past 15 years, had a two septoplasties, some electric turbinate reduction procedure, bilateral sinus surgery, a couple rounds of allergy testing, trials of allergy meds, corticosteroids, decongestants, mucolytics, saline rinses, and even took the GI route with an upper GI endoscopy and H Pylori treatment to try and fix things… and the doctors still don’t know what’s wrong. I even ended up hospitalized once for vertigo which turned out to be because of a sinus infection (after an expensive CT and even more expensive MRI).
So in my case, I kinda care about what random strangers on the internet have to say since the traditional routes haven’t done much for me.
But I’m probably the exception.[/quote]
Now you can make this thread OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Now you can make this thread. OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
Thought about changing climates?
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The only place where things seemed to be better was my week spent in Riviera Maya/Cancun.
But I can’t really figure out why that was, since I seem to have problems with both higher and lower humidity areas in the US.
So I thought maybe it had more to do with clean sheets and hard floor surfaces (i.e., minimal opportunity for dust mites), but things were still bad in Miami at a hotel with tile floors throughout.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I dont know maybe try that Dr (ENT) who specializes in this shit?
Or just go ahead and ask random strangers on the internet what they have done.
Good luck. [/quote]
Lol.
Now, if you’ve done what I’ve done and seen something like 6 ENTs over the past 15 years, had a two septoplasties, some electric turbinate reduction procedure, bilateral sinus surgery, a couple rounds of allergy testing, trials of allergy meds, corticosteroids, decongestants, mucolytics, saline rinses, and even took the GI route with an upper GI endoscopy and H Pylori treatment to try and fix things… and the doctors still don’t know what’s wrong. I even ended up hospitalized once for vertigo which turned out to be because of a sinus infection (after an expensive CT and even more expensive MRI).
So in my case, I kinda care about what random strangers on the internet have to say since the traditional routes haven’t done much for me.
But I’m probably the exception.[/quote]
Now you can make this thread OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
Thought about changing climates?
OP go see an ENT.
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I thought I mentioned already I have been seeing an ENT for the past 5 or 6 months, maybe I forgot to right it down… I am not really asking for advice per say, just curious if others experienced it and solutions they may have tried, for me I mentioned things I have down beyond just my ENT, and antibiotics, also was hoping for a solution I could use before surgery since its so expensive.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Now you can make this thread. OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
Thought about changing climates?
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The only place where things seemed to be better was my week spent in Riviera Maya/Cancun.
But I can’t really figure out why that was, since I seem to have problems with both higher and lower humidity areas in the US.
So I thought maybe it had more to do with clean sheets and hard floor surfaces (i.e., minimal opportunity for dust mites), but things were still bad in Miami at a hotel with tile floors throughout.
I guess that means I’m moving to Mexico.[/quote]
Damn yeah you have had it pretty bad… If you really want to try an alternative and curable alternative albeit hard to find is Helminthic therapy, basically putting parasitic worms into the immune system to stop the auto immune response, since chronic sinusitis is an issue of some histamine or inflammation response… In small doses and for people that are not immune compromised like aids, or chemo patients its supposed to be free of side effects, or very minor and temporary due to the small dose… They have used it to treat MS, Lupus, Athritis, Asthma and other things but hard to get access to in the states.
One thing that’s helped, and it’s probably completely irresponsible to mention here, is that a buffered solution of n-acetyl cysteine in a metered nasal spray container works extremely well at clearing out nasal passages. Pretty much instantly too.
Saline rinses with the Nielmed sinus rinse kit also help to loosen things up. As do long long steamy showers.
I think I got some benefit from using colloidal silver water in an ultrasonic humidifier. As far as getting a strong antimicrobial into my nasal passages to deal with any sort of fungal infection. It’s a strong “I think” though.
And as far as non-sustainable fixes, Afrin’s Extreme Sinus (or whatever they call it these days), the one with the menthol, works in those cases where you really really need to use something. Non-sustainable as in… never more than 3 consecutive days every couple weeks.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Now you can make this thread. OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
Thought about changing climates?
[/quote]
The only place where things seemed to be better was my week spent in Riviera Maya/Cancun.
But I can’t really figure out why that was, since I seem to have problems with both higher and lower humidity areas in the US.
So I thought maybe it had more to do with clean sheets and hard floor surfaces (i.e., minimal opportunity for dust mites), but things were still bad in Miami at a hotel with tile floors throughout.
I guess that means I’m moving to Mexico.[/quote]
Damn yeah you have had it pretty bad… If you really want to try an alternative and curable alternative albeit hard to find is Helminthic therapy, basically putting parasitic worms into the immune system to stop the auto immune response, since chronic sinusitis is an issue of some histamine or inflammation response… In small doses and for people that are not immune compromised like aids, or chemo patients its supposed to be free of side effects, or very minor and temporary due to the small dose… They have used it to treat MS, Lupus, Athritis, Asthma and other things but hard to get access to in the states.
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[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Now you can make this thread. OP not so much, Hell just take over this thread.
Thought about changing climates?
[/quote]
The only place where things seemed to be better was my week spent in Riviera Maya/Cancun.
But I can’t really figure out why that was, since I seem to have problems with both higher and lower humidity areas in the US.
So I thought maybe it had more to do with clean sheets and hard floor surfaces (i.e., minimal opportunity for dust mites), but things were still bad in Miami at a hotel with tile floors throughout.
I guess that means I’m moving to Mexico.[/quote]
Damn yeah you have had it pretty bad… If you really want to try an alternative and curable alternative albeit hard to find is Helminthic therapy, basically putting parasitic worms into the immune system to stop the auto immune response, since chronic sinusitis is an issue of some histamine or inflammation response… In small doses and for people that are not immune compromised like aids, or chemo patients its supposed to be free of side effects, or very minor and temporary due to the small dose… They have used it to treat MS, Lupus, Athritis, Asthma and other things but hard to get access to in the states.
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And what are you basing this on?[/quote]
The hook worm therapy? Theres 1000’s of articles out there on it, just google it.
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
Damn yeah you have had it pretty bad… If you really want to try an alternative and curable alternative albeit hard to find is Helminthic therapy, basically putting parasitic worms into the immune system to stop the auto immune response, since chronic sinusitis is an issue of some histamine or inflammation response… In small doses and for people that are not immune compromised like aids, or chemo patients its supposed to be free of side effects, or very minor and temporary due to the small dose… They have used it to treat MS, Lupus, Athritis, Asthma and other things but hard to get access to in the states.
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And what are you basing this on?[/quote]
The hook worm therapy? Theres 1000’s of articles out there on it, just google it.
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You know what else treats “MS, Lupus, Athritis, Asthma and other things”? Apple cider vinegar.
It also cures cancer I think. There’s tens of thousands of articles on it too.
EDIT: 1.4 million results about apple cider vinegar and cancer. It must work.