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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / June 2005Beer & alcohol are tragic to sinusitis.
For my test, with a beer each weekend, I realized that these two weeks my nose ran like water falls and sneeze like thunderstorm. I was absolutely fine for the two weeks before my experiment. Is that true alcohol cause havoc to nose problem? > For my test, with a beer each weekend, I realized that these two weeks > my nose ran like water falls and sneeze like thunderstorm. I was absolutely > fine for the two weeks before my experiment. > > Is that true alcohol cause havoc to nose problem? Although it's an unpopular theory here I'll give it to you. You start out by getting a sinus infection, maybe a bad one. You take antibiotics. Maybe this happens several times over. During this all you kill off helpful bacteria in the gut. Yeast overgrowth occurs. This yeast can penetrate the gut wall with it's spike like growths. Not a massive invasive yeast infection but it's there nonetheless. The body recognizes the yeast on the outside of the gut wall as an invader. It creates antibodies to combat the yeast. This yeast is being fueled from the inside out so the antibodies have a hard time controlling it. In the meantime the antibodies travel throughout your body attacking yeast wherever it is. Maybe it attacks yeast in the sinuses where the soft mucus membranes are damaged by the attack and polyps form. There happens to be yeast in beer. When you drink you get the yeast in small quantities in your sinuses through the fizz, burping etc. Your body overreacts (remember, allergies are an overreaction of the immune system to normal substances) and you nose runs like water falls and you sneeze like thunderstorms. I used to be like this all the time whenever I drank beer. Especially Anchor Liberty Ale which is bottle conditioned (meaning lots of live yeast). I have been taking acidophilus 3 to 4 times a day for several months and now I can drink that same beer without a reaction. My guts feels 100% better too. I had what I would describe as IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). My sinuses are still congested and I think I still have a bacterial infection. I actually have the opinion that mycoplasma/ureaplasma may be causing it. My ENT has agreed to PCR test me for it. Mycoplasma can take a year on antibiotics to get rid of. If I do that I will certainly stay on the acidophilus. This would explain why many, many different attempts of antibiotics for a week or two failed to cure me. Although some people here consider him to be a quack, Dr. Mirkin claims mycoplasma can cause sinusitis and he has CURED sinusitis w/nasal polyps with long term antibiotics. thank you for the valuable information. I drank one braun beer in one weekend and one carlsberg the other. The outcome was the same, I had bad nose for two weeks. Maybe it is yeast anyhow. Does red wine have yeast? I am comtenplating my theory that alcohol produces more blood to other body parts and relatively less blood to the nose and brain. Maybe I am wrong. > > For my test, with a beer each weekend, I realized that these two weeks > > my nose ran like water falls and sneeze like thunderstorm. I was absolutely [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > sinusitis and he has CURED sinusitis w/nasal polyps with > long term antibiotics. > or two failed to cure me. Although some people here consider > him to be a quack, Dr. Mirkin claims mycoplasma can cause > sinusitis and he has CURED sinusitis w/nasal polyps with > long term antibiotics. Consider the folllowing: 1) Americans consume more antibiotics today than ever before. 2) The cumulative lifetime dose of antibiotics for the average American is higher than ever before, and is increasing. 3) Americans have a higher incidence of sinusitis than ever before, and it is increasing 4) Countries where the per capita GDP make antibiotics unaffordable (less than $500 per person per year) have a low incidence of sinusitis and allergies 5) Americans spend more per capita on both conventional and alternative medicine than ever before. 6) The sales of products like acidophilus has enjoyed explosive growth in recent years. Nevertheless, the incidence of sinusitis has continued to increase. Furthermore the incidence of other fungal infections such as toenail fungus and vaginal yeast infections has not decreased and in fact has continued to increase. > Consider the folllowing: > > 1) Americans consume more antibiotics today than ever before. 80% of all the abx manufactured in the U.S. are dumped into livestock feed or sprayed on produce crops. Anyone concerned about resistant bacteria ought to start there. Susan > 80% of all the abx manufactured in the U.S. are dumped into livestock > feed or sprayed on produce crops. U.S. farmers do not feed these antibiotics to livestock because they are treating bacterial infections. American farmers have discovered that one of the side effects of the antibiotics is they make the livestock grow BIG and FAT (and therefore fetch more on the market). Farmers have tried feeding livestock a high fat and high calorie diets but it does not work to the same degree as antibiotics, which is why they strongly oppose any bans on antibiotics in feed. Not surprising that since the human use of antibiotics have increased in the last 30 years, human Americans have grown BIG and FAT as well as asthmatic. Woody >>80% of all the abx manufactured in the U.S. are dumped into livestock >>feed or sprayed on produce crops. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that one of the side effects of the antibiotics is they make the > livestock grow BIG and FAT (and therefore fetch more on the market). Not exactly, though that may be a side effect. U.S. farmers are raising cattle on a diet that makes them very ill, and they treat the ills with drugs. Cows are meant to graze on grass, not eat starchy grain and ground up animal entrails. > Farmers have tried feeding livestock a high fat and high calorie diets > but it does not work to the same degree as antibiotics, which is why > they strongly oppose any bans on antibiotics in feed. Farmers feed cattle grain to make them fat, works the same way with people. > Not surprising that since the human use of antibiotics have increased > in the last 30 years, human Americans have grown BIG and FAT as well as > asthmatic. > > Woody Humans have gotten fat by following the badly conceived USDA food pyramid, which induced epidemic type 2 diabetes, CVD and kidney failure if you follow the chronology. Susan If you PCR tested positive for mycoplasma would you take antibiotics? >>or two failed to cure me. Although some people here consider >>him to be a quack, Dr. Mirkin claims mycoplasma can cause [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > infections such as toenail fungus and vaginal yeast infections has not > decreased and in fact has continued to increase. Personally, no. I think there is a large percentage of the population (including completely healthy people) that will test PCR positive for a number of pathogens, including mycoplasma. There is no real hard evidence that treating this pathogen will make you feel any better. > Personally, no. I think there is a large percentage of the population > (including completely healthy people) that will test PCR positive for a > number of pathogens, including mycoplasma. There is no real hard > evidence that treating this pathogen will make you feel any better. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=264771 On 5/28/05 3:14 PM, in article 1117318492.288180.150380@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "Woody Long" <woodylong30@hotmail.com> wrote: > 4) Countries where the per capita GDP make antibiotics unaffordable > (less than $500 per person per year) have a low incidence of sinusitis > and allergies True, in Somalia there is no asthma - most persons have worms and this "engages" the immune system. Gotta be careful of statistics. For years the Bulgarians showed longevity. Finally they found out that the men routinely added 10-15 years to their age to avoid the army draft. > On 5/28/05 3:14 PM, in article > 1117318492.288180.150380@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "Woody Long" [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Finally they found out that the men routinely added 10-15 years to their age > to avoid the army draft. Here in America, the incidence of both feline asthma and feline sinusitis (in pet cats) has increased in recent years too. Yet they don't take as many antibiotics as we humans do, nor do they live a similar lifestyle. What pet cats do, however, is sleep on carpets, which means they're inhaling all the dust and mold right off the carpet. I think the invention of wall-to-wall carpets, rather than antibiotics, has been a bigger disaster for respiratory illness. Wall-to-wall carpeting became de rigueur only in the last few decades or so. Before that, when you rented an apartment, it had bare floors and if you wanted carpeting you had to buy it yourself.  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. > Here in America, the incidence of both feline asthma and feline > sinusitis (in pet cats) has increased in recent years too. Yet they [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > that, when you rented an apartment, it had bare floors and if you wanted > carpeting you had to buy it yourself. Not only wall to wall carpet, but sealed office buildings recirculating moldy, fungi and bacteria and dust ridden air. Susan >Here in America, the incidence of both feline asthma and feline >sinusitis (in pet cats) has increased in recent years too. Yet they [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >What pet cats do, however, is sleep on carpets, which means they're >inhaling all the dust and mold and fomaldahyde too I guess >right off the carpet. > >I think the invention of wall-to-wall carpets, rather than antibiotics, >has been a bigger disaster for respiratory illness. Wall-to-wall >carpeting became de rigueur only in the last few decades or Very interesting! I have had all of mine removed. > Before >that, when you rented an apartment, it had bare floors and if you wanted >carpeting you had to buy it yourself. >For my test, with a beer each weekend, I realized that these two weeks >my nose ran like water falls and sneeze like thunderstorm. I was absolutely >fine for the two weeks before my experiment. > >Is that true alcohol cause havoc to nose problem? It can cause vasoconstriction which gives reduced blood flow to the nose, which will make existing problems worse in the nose. Also, you ncould be alleegic to the gluten in alcohol. Also it interferes with digestion and vitamin absorbtion. etc. etc. |
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