Of course  it also can be difficult to sleep well with such an infection.......

I had a 3 year peroid from 1982 to 1985 where I had a continous chronic
sinus infection.  It had a lot to  do with my working conditions.  I
was an insurance agent and  had to report to an office once each week.
The office was manned by 18 agents and managers.  8 to 10 of these
people were heavy smokers.  There was no ventillation.  You could see
the smoke accumulating on the cieling.  I would leave after each
meeting feeling very sick.  I developed a chronic cough that did not
stop until I quit my job three years later.  I also had chronic
rhinitis.  This became infected.  The infection dripped into my lungs
giving me chronic bronchitis.  I developed a low grade fever.  I had
chills.  In other words, I was a pretty sick dude.  During some of
these meetings, I would have my drowsy problems as I described about my
driving.  My manager would get mad at me and make a specticle of me.
My health failed in 1984 and I quit my job in 1985.  I worked hard to
create a good agency and I lost it due to the cigarette smoke inside my
office.  This was the early 80's.  By the late 80's, the anti smoking
movement started to take hold.  Now, most of us do not have to live
with the constant threat of inflammation of our respiratory tracts by
second hand smoke.  I am still sensitive to other chemicals and
pollins, etc.  I do not have the massive sinus inflammations that I had
in the 80's.