- 3rd Update by DariushSweden
20 y
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Blog: Dariush's fight with Chronic Sinusitis!
21st of May. Sinuses are so-so, pretty clear, but still alot of mucous when I blow my nose. Cheated a little on the smoking and overdid the HP I think, since my sinuses got worse and were really stuffed for a couple of days last week. Been taking Zoloft now for some time because of my depression, which began at age 10, probably due to sinusitis. Also added some omega-3's which I read are good for depression. Have some muscle spasming. I am still wondering whether the up-side-down flooding can reach the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. My ENT specialist is going to call me on 26th of May, so I am going to ask him about that. I wonder whether my sinuses are too bad to ever get good again. I also wonder whether I have some sort of immune defiency, since it never heals, and since I have had it almost from the day I was born, although it might be due to my small nose.
In one of my earlier blogs I told you about my tough 6 years of extreme physical and mental illness, which I should have mentioned were due to Candida. After my 4th sinus surgery (for deviated septum) the ENT specialist saw I had alot of mucous and I told him I was always like that, so he gave me cortisone pills. I got infected with Candida, had leaky gut syndrome, severe angina, confusions and in the end hallucinations and delirums so bad I seriously thought I was insane or going insane, I was like this for several years, and even spent time in a mental hospital twice. Now I know it because of systemic Candida, which did a cleanse for and I am healed of that now, although I still have a green-coated tounge and when I do the candida spit test in the mornings it still indicated I have it. However, during my high-school years I think I also may have had Candida. Ahh...I am such a sickling. If I had lived before the age of antibiotics I would probably have died during childhood. My tonsils were removed when I was 5, because they were so swollen. All my life I have breated through my mouth, resulting in a narrowing of the upper jaw to almost a V-shaped form. At times when my sinsutis is really bad, my hair can get so dry and crisp the barbers have told they have never seen hair that dry before. Also, when my sinusitis is bad my face gets all swollen (edema), and although I rarely weigh over 135 pounds, I get double chins and huge puffy cheeks.
Thats it for now,
Dariush
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- Comments about 3rd update by cando
20 y
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Cheated a little on the smoking and overdid the HP I think, since my sinuses got worse and were really stuffed for a couple of days last week.
The problem with smoking isn't the smoke. There are about 100 different chemicals in cigarette smoke. If you have allergies or chemical sensitivities, just one cigarette could cause about three days of increased sinus misery, due to allergic reactions to one or more of those chemicals.
I am still wondering whether the up-side-down flooding can reach the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. My ENT specialist is going to call me on 26th of May, so I am going to ask him about that.
The ethmoids are between the eyes and more easily reachable by fluid. The normal opening to the maxillaries is like an upside down V that goes up towards the eyeball, and then drops down into the Maxillary, making the maxillary sinus very difficult to reach. ENTs can do a surgery to the maxillary sinus wall, to open up another opening (ostium).
I wonder whether my sinuses are too bad to ever get good again.
I had chronic sinus disease for over twenty years, with multiple sinus infections for many years. For me there were several solutions. One was to avoid the allergens that caused my sinuses to swell. I also had acupuncture treatments for my sinuses. I also took allergy shots for a year. But that didn't stop me from having chronic sinus infections. The upside down sinus flooding stopped my sinus infections, thus allowing my damaged sinuses to heal.
I also wonder whether I have some sort of immune defiency, since it never heals, and since I have had it almost from the day I was born, although it might be due to my small nose.
I am not a health professional, but here is my opinion. After a sinus infection, or a bad allergy attack, the sinus are raw and damaged. In other words, infection causes an open wound within your nasal or sinus areas. As long as that wound stays open, the sinuses will continue to infect. I believe that it took me about seven months, of infrequent floodings, to protect my sinuses from re-infection, allowing my sinus membranes to finally heal. As a result, I no longer get sinus infections.
Good job on your blog! I hope that your sinus disease continues to improve.
Regards, and best of luck!
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- Further comments on your 3rd update. by cando
20 y
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At times when my sinsutis is really bad, my hair can get so dry and crisp the barbers have told they have never seen hair that dry before. Also, when my sinusitis is bad my face gets all swollen (edema), and although I rarely weigh over 135 pounds, I get double chins and huge puffy cheeks.
Anything that touches your skin, from your head to your feet, can cause sinus or asthma or other health problems.
Anything that your breathe, either odors or chemicals, or pollens, or pollutants, can cause sinus or asthma or other health problems.
Anything that you eat, or drink, can cause sinus or asthma or other health problems.
In other words, anything that is foreign to your body can cause much misery, either in sinusitis, or asthma, or in other manifestations of other diseases.
You could test for allergies the rest of your life and never test for ALL of the things that can make you miserable. I am extremely sensitive to chemicals, materials, odors, dyes, foods, drinks, additives, pollens, pollutants, inks, papers, etc. I have learned ways to live with my sensitivies, and my asthma and sinuses are under control, my heart disease is doing well, and I am living a good quality of life.
Do you think that you could have some of these allergies or chemical sensitivities? Do you feel that there are things that you come into contact with, that could be adding to your miseries? If so, I might have some suggestions, that have worked for me.
Regards..............
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- Reaching your maxillary and ethmoid sinuses by mjoh090
20 y
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Try using a 10ml syringe. I have posted an explaination on the forum.
mjoh090
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