I have been sick the last week with the worst sinus infection I can
remember.  It spread into one of my ears & I can't remember when I had
an ear infection.  I've been out of work all week!  I'm getting so
depressed from all of this.

I just read that Aventis, the maker of Nasacort, has a new aerosol version
of Nasacort called "Nasacort HFA", which was approved by the FDA in April
2004. I don't think it's available in the USA yet, don't know why it takes
so long after being approved, but I think it is supposed to ...

I just had FESS surgery a month ago and a turbinectomy a couple of years
ago. I didn't "bounce back" from this surgery, and now understand I have
"another" infection. I have been pretty frightened by it, but found some
posts here that it is somewhat common to get an infection ...

When irrigating my left nostril since my FESS, i have had a frequent
sensation that some water was 'escaping' to my left eye.  As this was
just a sensation and i didn't see any real evidence, i didn't think too
much of it.  However, today when irrigating, i definitely had this

I had sinus surgery back in January and it has helped to some degree.
I have continued to flush my sinuses as needed.  Recently one evening
they were really blocked so i went to do my normal flushing and
squeezed the bottle a bit to hard.  I managed to force water into my

I am a 35 year old male. About 15 years ago I broke my nose playing sport
and now have a noticeable lump on the right side of my nose roughly between
my eyes.
Soon after breaking my nose, I developed what I thought was a cold. I can't

Looking for recommendations for a good ENT surgeon to perform
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery to remove fungal infection detected in CT
scan.
I heard that Injury to the Eye or Brain is possible during this

Right now, I can breathe freely.  Does that mean openings to my frontal
sinuses are open, my maxillary or both (or possibly neither)?
If the ostium was blocked, would I be able to breathe?  To sum up, what
does ability to breathe through nostrils tell me or not tell me about

All -
I went to see an ENT who had me do a CAT scan and told me that my
turbinates
were swollen (hence why my left nostril is blocked 80% - 90% of the

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 ...

I'm new to the group.  I  found out that I have chronic sinisitis about
6 months ago. I never realized I had it until went to the doctor. I've
been dealing with it since middle school (13/14), and am now 29.
The doctor had me on allergy medications such as claritin, Zyrtek,

Antibiotics are broad spectrum bacteria killers.
Yogurt has MILLIONS of bacteria...
Why eat millions of bacteria only to have the antibiotics KILL them all
and dilute the efficacy of the drug?

After surviving a winter of "hell" with the worst sinus pain I have
ever had and being told by an ENT in my area that nothing was wrong
with my sinuses and an ID doctor who listened to the ENT and refused to
treat me any longer, (even with positive cultures for blastomyces and

http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic516.htm   
has an extremely comprehensive review of diagnosis and treatment of Asthma and
Sinsuitis by Dr. Grossan.
It is one of the best (maybe the best) I have seen anywhere.  It is aimed at

Dr. Grossan wrote in a recent post:
"Latest miracle cure from Mayo shows that the mucus is the culprit that
holds the toxins and makes you sick in chronic sinusitis, so removal of
same explains why many improve with pulsatile irrigation and other