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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / April 2007New to group after surgery
I'm so glad I found this place where others can relate! I've had sinus problems that seem like forever, but this year has been by far the worst. In Nov I got a sinus infection so bad the headaches felt like migranes, 7 days of ammox and within a month it was back again - thats when I saw the ENT. he said I had a "ball of infection" that was way back in the sinus cavity, and put me on 3 weeks of augmentin and sinus spray and a CT Scan 6 wks later. The infection cleared up but the CT scan showed all the "tissue" was very swollen. he said Surgery was an option, it was up to me if I could live with the constant sinus infections and sinus headaches then it was my choice. a few weeks passed, yet another infection, and a round of Avelox.. I went back and he said I think its time for surgery, so it was set for March 27th. 5 days before he put me on Augmentin b/c I had a cold and my husband had the flu. Surgery day, things went well, he told my husband there was alot of "guck" up there. by friday It was awful, I had a low grade fever and I swore my sinuses were infected, but the office pretty much blew me off.. Sunday I called the on call dr and he said, well I don't have your chart, you'd be better off calling the office tomorrow. so I showed up first thing at the office. Turns out I did have an infection, he suctioned me and put me on Ceftin & Prednisone for 10 days.. The infection cleared up, but my emotions were awful, I think it was the Prednisone. Just an utter feeling of hopelessness that I'll never feel good again. Anyone else have a bad reaction to Prednisone? Here I am almost 3 weeks post surgery and I have a cold and I'm so afraid of getting another infection.. I'm irrigating, I actually ordered the Grossan Hydro yesterday and am looking forward to getting it!! I'm still having some blood tinged mucus and a little yellow and green coming out.. Does yellow & green definately mean infection? I feel like this sinus surgery has taken over my life!! I just want to emotionally feel good again!! I definately feel better since coming off the prenisone, but I just don't feel like myself yet! Any Advice??? > I'm so glad I found this place where others can relate! I've had > sinus problems that seem like forever, but this year has been by far [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Any Advice??? I am an engineer, not a doctor, so you are not getting an medical opinion. but most chronic sinusitis infections are biofilm infections. You need to use your search engine and do a bit of research on biofilm sinusitis because most ENTs think a biofilm is something that will be shown on the Channel 132. But there are a few who have been paying attention to what they see and doing the work. http://entny.com/nyc_snoring_doctor/sinusitis_treatments_newyork.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstra ctPlus&list_uids=17040016&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstra ctPlus&list_uids=15805862&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum Penicillians like Augmentin are not effective against bacteria that are not rapidly dividing, and in biofilms some of the bacteria of each species seldom divide. Macrolides such as Biaxan and Zithromax are effective. Even at low doses these antibotics interfere with bacterial attachment to cells. I too had a bad reaction to prednisone, but that was because I had an infection rather than an allergy, and the prednisone knocked out part of my immune system and allowed it to spread. And yes, yellow and green probably mean that you have an infection. Pseudomonas produces a couple of florescent pigments that give it that characteristic green color and Staph Aureus produces the yellow pus. Staph is a commonly cultured organism in people who have chronic sinusitis, and false negative results from the culture are also common. I actually had a "positive" reaction to prednisone at first...I felt like Superwoman the first few days. Then came the stiff neck and blurry vision. I was on it for 2 weeks and after I went off I was thrown into a deep depression for several weeks. It definitely effects emotions! Hope you'll feel back to your normal self soon... On Apr 17, 7:16 am, "holliad...@gmail.com" <holliad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I actually had a "positive" reaction to prednisone at first...I felt > like Superwoman the first few days. Then came the stiff neck and > blurry vision. I was on it for 2 weeks and after I went off I was > thrown into a deep depression for several weeks. It definitely effects > emotions! Hope you'll feel back to your normal self soon... Thank you so much for the info!! Holli - Sorry about the reaction to the prednisone, thank you for sharing, everyone had something different to say about it, My Mother in law was on it years ago, and she said she felt great, she always felt like she was on the move!! |
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