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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2006need some suggestions
Does anyone know how to help sinuses headaches? I Have had a sinus infection or so they say for over 2 weeks now on my 2nd round of zithromax and one day it is fine, the next it is not, today came home with the worst sinus headache and pressure on my teeth and checks, I am off the enbrel and mtx right now for one more week, took one shot last week but shouldn't have. I am really wanting to leave for cali on Saturday but the pain in my head and the pressure is almost to much to stand and the doc just keeps saying steam those sinuses, gee I have steamed so much the only thing it has done is plump up some of my wrinkles!! Thanks in advance for any help. Becky Becky, have you tried irrigating your sinuses? When mine gets bad I mix a cup of water with 1/4 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of soda. I use a large syringe to inject it into my nose leaning over the sink, and the water runs out the other nostril, taking junky stuff with it. Really helps me, and my doctor told me to do that. Gwen > Does anyone know how to help sinuses headaches? I Have had a sinus > infection or so they say for over 2 weeks now on my 2nd round of zithromax [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thanks in advance for any help. > Becky >Becky, have you tried irrigating your sinuses? When mine gets bad I mix a >cup of water with 1/4 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of soda. I use a large >syringe to inject it into my nose leaning over the sink, and the water runs >out the other nostril, taking junky stuff with it. Really helps me, and my >doctor told me to do that. I've done that with some success, Gwen and what I find helps when the pain in my face is really bad and I don't seem to have any discharge, is to wet a facecloth with really hot water and hold it to the sore area until it cools, then do it again. It's sort of the principle of a hot wet compress. It often keeps me from going completely nuts with the pain, the kind where your teeth hurt, your eye hurts, ugh. --- Joan Thanks I have tried both, I was just moving my jaw back and forth and notice that when you put your finger in your mouth the muscles that open your jaw they are so sore to touch and really really tight, I wonder if that would have anything to do with anything? Maybe trigger points or something? > On Tue, 16 May 2006 17:11:54 -0500, "ladylove77" <ladylove77@knology.net> > wrote [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > --- > Joan >Thanks I have tried both, I was just moving my jaw back and forth and notice >that when you put your finger in your mouth the muscles that open your jaw >they are so sore to touch and really really tight, I wonder if that would >have anything to do with anything? Maybe trigger points or something? That sounds like TMJ, Temporal mandibular joint problems. You can try very gentle massage and there are also some simple exercises that a PT or a dentist can show you if that is part of the problem. --- Joan > Becky, have you tried irrigating your sinuses? When mine gets bad I mix a > cup of water with 1/4 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of soda. I use a large > syringe to inject it into my nose leaning over the sink, and the water runs > out the other nostril, taking junky stuff with it. Really helps me, and my > doctor told me to do that. > Gwen One thing to keep in mind with this is that there's the potential to move flora that belong in one area into an area where they don't belong. This can be particularly bad when immunosuppressed or when there's damage from an ongoing infection. This can be a problem with 'irrigation' of other orifices as well, and has lead to a drastic decrease in sales an production of at least one product. >>Does anyone know how to help sinuses headaches? I Have had a sinus >>infection or so they say for over 2 weeks now on my 2nd round of zithromax [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >>Thanks in advance for any help. >>Becky  Signaturespammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Ooooh, those sinuses and spring!!! Sometimes after the steam (drainage) I ice my face. The cold takes down a bit of the pressure and sometimes helps the headache part. Won't help with drainage but I hope the headaches can be managed quickly. Tara Hi Becky I find the natural way only helps for a short period. I found this beaut stuff while in London at Boots chemist - very cheap too - for sinus. Go to your chemist and ask him/her, there are some good products on the market. Gail Becky, Hi! My ENT doc gave me a protocol that included the nasal irrigation others mentioned. He also told me to stop taking antihistamines, which dry up the mucus and makes it stickier and harder to drain. Instead, he told me to use a cortisone spray to reduce swelling in the nasal passages (Nasonex, etc) and take an expectorant (like the active ingredient for Robitussin and Mucinex - guaifenesin) and lots and lots of water. Helps the sinuses to drain. Also, I don't know a whole lot about Zithromax. I do take Augmentin now when I get sinus infections as the previous abx never would clear it out totally. But with staying away from drying antihistamines (I use Singulair for allergies), I no longer get so many sinus infections. Adelle > Does anyone know how to help sinuses headaches? I Have had a sinus > infection or so they say for over 2 weeks now on my 2nd round of zithromax [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thanks in advance for any help. > Becky Some of the small facial steamers (Kaz, Vicks, etc.) can use menthol packs which might help. Ice packs placed over the eyes may help. Also, massaging the sinuses might relieve some of the pressure. Using the flats of your fingers, start at the sides of the bridge of the nose and, using a fair amount of pressure, slide your fingers down the side of your nose and out over the cheeks. Using your thumbs, start at the sides of the bridge of the nose and press into the eyebrow ridge and slide them out, keeping pressure. press your finger tips into the center of your forehead and, keeping pressure, slide your fingertips out to the temples. I've done this for myself and (with some change of fingering) for friends and it seems to help. |
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