Hello,
I am looking for an ENT in the Salt Lake City area who is good at
treating chronic sinusitis, and who is also experienced with sinus
surgery, if needed.
Many ENTs I've known in the past tend to focus only on mindless
surgery, antibiotics and steroids, rather than trying to work with
the patient with a more holistic approach to treating chronic
sinusitis. So I'm looking for an ENT who focuses on a holistic
approach, and is experienced with the many various approaches and
options.
(Btw, to answer a couple questions posed to me. Yes, I religiously
do sinus irrigation using a WaterPick, and have done so for years.
It's greatly helped, but not a cure.)
Thanks!
Mark
(please reply here since I can't receive email at the given address.)
lucy - 29 Sep 2004 09:09 GMT
Try the garden hose...
love,
lucy :)
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Griffin - 29 Sep 2004 13:34 GMT
> Many ENTs I've known in the past tend to focus only on mindless
> surgery, antibiotics and steroids, rather than trying to work with
> the patient with a more holistic approach to treating chronic
> sinusitis. So I'm looking for an ENT who focuses on a holistic
> approach, and is experienced with the many various approaches and
> options.
Sinus surgery is certainly appropriate in many cases. Patients
suffering from chronic sinusitis do have some nonsurgical options,
including nasal corticosteroids (Flonase, Nasonex, etc.), nasal
irrigation (the neti pot is probably a better administration device
than a high-pressure water pik...you may actually be making things
worse), and chronic suppressive antibiotics (not the evil bugaboo you
make it out to be). Nasal irrigation is probably the most benign and
underutilized treatment option for chronic sinusitis, but you need to
do it right. There is an OTC product called SinuClense that makes nasal
irrigation easy. You can find it at Walgreen's, among other places:
http://www.sinucleanse.com/