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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / August 2005electrical storm and smoking
hello: I woke up last night to the most intense electrical storm that i have ever witnessed and went about the house checking on things before i noticed that for the first time that I can remeber in years i was not aware of my sinuses or of my post nasal drip. i have been searching the internet but cannot find anything. is there at all any possible correlation? also, my sinusitis / PND problems bbegun for me about 6-7 years ago when i quit smoking tobacco. i have had 2 surgeries, been on allergy shots for a year, taken all kinds of medication, adjusted my diet, and moved within that time but nothing has helped. is there anything that smoking tobacco does that could have "helped" or masked my condition? thanks, >hello: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >sinuses or of my post nasal drip. i have been searching the internet but >cannot find anything. is there at all any possible correlation? If your sinuses are infalmed and fiull of gunk, which they probably are, then a brief pause means only that they have stopped draining momentarily, probably because your metabolism slows down at night. >also, my sinusitis / PND problems bbegun for me about 6-7 years ago when i >quit smoking tobacco. i have had 2 surgeries, been on allergy shots for a >year, taken all kinds of medication, adjusted my diet, and moved within >that time but nothing has helped. is there anything that smoking tobacco >does that could have "helped" or masked my condition? Sure it is a stimulant that speeds up your metabolism, just like pseudoepinephrine or adrenaline. Those will help your sinuses too but they are too high a price to pay in terms of side-effects. I would check your thyroid to see if it may be low (it has a role in regulating metabolism). > hello: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sinuses or of my post nasal drip. i have been searching the internet but > cannot find anything. is there at all any possible correlation? If the electrical storm was part of a strong cold front, then that passing storm front may have swept away a lot of air pollution and smog. The arriving air mass from Canada may be cleaner. There is also some evidence that negatively charged ions in the atmosphere have a beneficial effect on one's well-being. Electrical storms generate lots of negative ions. There are air ion generators you can purchase for your home. But I wouldn't recommend it. The problem with negative ion generation is that it also produces ozone, which is irritating to the respiratory tract. (Electrical storms generate ozone too, but it's temporary and the winds eventually dissipate it.)  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. Thanks, a couple of years ago my in-laws gave me a gift of a FLAIR air purifier/ozone generator which i used for a few weeks without noticing any improvement. i did start getting a rusy taste in my mouth and at about this time a pediatrician diagnosed my daughter with asthma (since disproven). searching on the internet revealed that the ozone generator was not recommended for in home use especially around childen and MOST especially around children with asthma. i spent over a year working with the distributor of this unit to get my money back, eventually tracking him down to his home address and phone. the amount of these items that are "never used" or "like new" on eBay reveals the value that most purchasers feel they have received. \ must have been a fluke but it really seemed as if i felt better than i had for 6-7 years. > must have been a fluke but it really seemed as if i felt better than i had > for 6-7 years. You might want to learn about the air quality in your area. Go to www.scorecard.org and enter your Zip code in the indicated box. If your area has a problem with air pollution, you might try taking a nice long vacation in a seacoast community (where air pollution is usually less) and see if you feel better. SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. No wonder I'm sick. Along with massive mold exposure, my county is in the top 10 % of dirtiest counties in the country. How accurate is this? Kathyw > No wonder I'm sick. Along with massive mold exposure, my county is in > the top 10 % of dirtiest counties in the country. How accurate is > this? As accurate as it gets. The data is taken right from the EPA's own monitoring stations that have been installed in communities across the country. IIRC, the website has a way to find out the street address of the EPA monitoring station for your zip code, so you can see if you're upwind or downwind of it. SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
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