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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / March 2008prevention
I am dealing with sinus passages that get filled with mucus and then completely close. This gives me various other physical problems. I was constantly dealing with chronic drowsiness, fatigue, sinus infections, and lack of cognitive acuity. I have been punished in school, cracked up a car, and have been fired from jobs. When a sinus passages closes either just before I go to sleep or while I am sleeping, I have apnea conditions. This means that I do not get a good nights sleep. If I do not sleep, my body does not produce adequate amounts of cortisone which means that my body cannot fight infections. I was waking with one nasal passage completely closed and I always woke up feeling terrible. The other body stress is that I have diabetes. I think the onset came from eating high amounts of sugar when I used sugar as a"jump start" type of drug which would cause the adrenaline to kick in and give me energy. I also used caffine products to achieve this affect. As of around the beginning of the year, I treated my nasal passages more aggressively. I use both Afrin and Ipratropium Bromide to open my nasal passage. The Ipratropium Bromide is a drug for COPD and Asthma but is a drying agent that works in drying out my sinus passages. I frequently use a lavage to wash out my sinuses. I also use a nasal steroid to keep away any inflammation. The mucus then drains and clears out so that I can breathe. I am feeling good for a change. No more anxiety attacks in the middle of the day. I also had the flu and it did not turn into an upper respiratory infection > I am dealing with sinus passages that get filled with mucus and then completely close. This gives me various other physical problems. I was constantly dealing with chronic drowsiness, fatigue, sinus infections, and lack of cognitive acuity. > I >have diabetes. I think the onset came from eating high amounts of >sugar when I used sugar as a"jump start" type of drug which would >cause the adrenaline to kick in and give me energy. I also used >caffine products to achieve this affect. That's so much like me. During this 3-month sinus infection I've gained weight, and a lot of it is that when I have to do anything like going out, I try to get myself up for it by eating sugar and starch ... The problem is, I have to eat a LOT of sugar and starch to get stimulated. A little sugar doesn't do anything. So I end up eating a lot. I gained weight *even while doing strenuous aerobic workouts every day*, because in order to feel up for the strenuous workout I'd have to get a sugar high. And drink a lot of mate'. Mate' has caffeine and theobromine, it's a stimulant. A doctor I read online, head of otolaryngology at a hospital or something like that, said that one shouldn't use caffeine while sick with a sinus infection, because it has a drying effect. I don't know how much it matters. You never know about things like this, whether they are important or ignorable. Dr. Grossan doesn't say anything negative about caffeine on his website that I saw. Or Dr. Tichenor. But if you want a stimulant, pseudoephedrine (in Sudafed) is probably a better one. It's a decongestant so it ought to help prevent sinus infections. I was able to avoid sinus infections for years by taking pseudoephedrine whenever I'd start to feel sick from my allergies. I've been using guaifenesin and that helps me feel more alert. It isn't a stimulant but it clears sinuses out a little so you feel better. I don't know whether eating a lot of sugar would have caused you diabetes, but if you gain a lot of weight because you eat a lot of sugar, that could cause diabetes ... If you have type 1 diabetes, that's an autoimmune disease and you should get checked for celiac disease. A lot of celiacs have sinusitis. Enterolab, http://www.enterolab.com does tests for gluten sensitivity that are more sensitive than the standard tests that doctors do. Rest is generally recommended for sinus infections. Again, I don't know how important it is ... It's possible that I got the sinus infection by working out hard, I don't know ... Possible that it became chronic because I kept on trying to work out hard. It may prolong an infection, to try to keep on with your everyday life, by taking a lot of stimulants so you don't feel how tired you are. When I stopped using mate' to get myself hyped up, it became inconceivable that I would get on an exercise machine and do the equivalent of running very hard for 30-45 minutes. I trudged when I walked. So I figured, if I have to get all hyped up with pseudoephedrine and mate' and sugar to do something, it may not be good for me while I'm sick. Laura > I am dealing with sinus passages that get filled with mucus and then completely close. This gives me various other physical problems. I was constantly dealing with chronic drowsiness, fatigue, sinus infections, and lack of cognitive acuity. > I >have diabetes. I think the onset came from eating high amounts of >sugar when I used sugar as a"jump start" type of drug which would >cause the adrenaline to kick in and give me energy. I also used >caffine products to achieve this affect. That's so much like me. During this 3-month sinus infection I've gained weight, and a lot of it is that when I have to do anything like going out, I try to get myself up for it by eating sugar and starch ... The problem is, I have to eat a LOT of sugar and starch to get stimulated. A little sugar doesn't do anything. So I end up eating a lot. I gained weight *even while doing strenuous aerobic workouts every day*, because in order to feel up for the strenuous workout I'd have to get a sugar high. And drink a lot of mate'. Mate' has caffeine and theobromine, it's a stimulant. A doctor I read online, head of otolaryngology at a hospital or something like that, said that one shouldn't use caffeine while sick with a sinus infection, because it has a drying effect. I don't know how much it matters. You never know about things like this, whether they are important or ignorable. Dr. Grossan doesn't say anything negative about caffeine on his website that I saw. Or Dr. Tichenor. But if you want a stimulant, pseudoephedrine (in Sudafed) is probably a better one. It's a decongestant so it ought to help prevent sinus infections. I was able to avoid sinus infections for years by taking pseudoephedrine whenever I'd start to feel sick from my allergies. I've been using guaifenesin and that helps me feel more alert. It isn't a stimulant but it clears sinuses out a little so you feel better. I don't know whether eating a lot of sugar would have caused you diabetes, but if you gain a lot of weight because you eat a lot of sugar, that could cause diabetes ... If you have type 1 diabetes, that's an autoimmune disease and you should get checked for celiac disease. A lot of celiacs have sinusitis. Enterolab, http://www.enterolab.com does tests for gluten sensitivity that are more sensitive than the standard tests that doctors do. Rest is generally recommended for sinus infections. Again, I don't know how important it is ... It's possible that I got the sinus infection by working out hard, I don't know ... Possible that it became chronic because I kept on trying to work out hard. It may prolong an infection, to try to keep on with your everyday life, by taking a lot of stimulants so you don't feel how tired you are. When I stopped using mate' to get myself hyped up, it became inconceivable that I would get on an exercise machine and do the equivalent of running very hard for 30-45 minutes. I trudged when I walked. So I figured, if I have to get all hyped up with pseudoephedrine and mate' and sugar to do something, it may not be good for me while I'm sick. Laura
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