"Our son Keenan, who will be ten years old this summer has suffered
from Chronic Sinusitis since the age of six. He has tried many numerous
medications, allergy testing, and eventually ended with sinus surgery.
His symptoms never improved.

I've been increasingly fatigued, headachey, PNDy, nauseated from feeling
car sick all the time, completely brain dead, and went to my PCP/inf.
diseases doc today to beg for help with my sinuses.  It's been about a

I have a friend who is three weeks out from her septoplasty, her
excruciating pain is gone (bone spur sticking into the septum) but she
is still having all kinds of problems draining.
She relates that it feels like her right soft palate, and back of her

Palpation of cheeks and maxillary sinus wall with ends of fingers-anybody
tried this to try and improve cilia function? Had any success?
Kindest personal regards,
Ray The Travellin' Man.....Ray Armstrong your eyes and ears on the Tweed!!

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537244_1
"In clinical practice, effective management of ABRS, particularly
maxillary sinusitis, poses significant challenges. Diagnosis of ABRS is

i just purchased 6 ounces of xylitol from the local Vitamin Shoppe and plan
to use it via the neti pot.
- i have read that it is best without salt.  doesnt this burn?
- does anyone have the measurement for a metrically chalanged westerner?

I've been struggle with OTC nasal spray addiction for sometime now, and
given that most sinus sufferers have probably utilized these products at one
time or another, I thought my experiences might be of some help.
http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/?p=18

I just received a routine email promotion from allergybuyersclub.com, a
company I've purchased from and had very good customer service from in
the past but have no other connection with.

My airways are most often dry, I feel a lot better in humid weathers,
but moving to an area with one of those weathers is not a practical
alternative for me, at least for now.
So, how do you guys manage to drain and/or clean your airways?

JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association, reported this
week that they did a study and directly observed biofilms in the ears
of children with chronic otitis media: and they conclude "the biofilms
persist and resist both the host immune response and antibiotic

Tuesday I'm supposed to get my first shots. I'm supposed to take an
antihistimine before.  Some of my choices are Benadryl, Claritin,
Zyrtec.  I'm leaning towards Zyrtec because it's non-drowsy:  Benadryl
wipes me out.  The sheet I got says to take it from 1 to 24 hours

Does anyone other than me get some relief at least from going out and
baking in the hot sun?  Seems like when I'm sick, other than the meds,
that the sun makes me feel better.  Maybe the Vitamin D, maybe it's
just the warmth, but I enjoy it.  With sunscreen, of course.

On more than one occasion now. I have posted on this board that I have
made some new discovery only to end up back here posting about how bad
my sinuses are again. Last time I thought I had things figured out
while taking Avelox for a few days. It came back again!. This latest

I have taken Zyrtech, Allegra, Flonase, Nasonex, and a few others.
Currently, I am taking the store's brand of Loratadine twice a day. What
has helped you to control your sinuses? Also, do anyone have any "home

Went to get my Rx filled on Saturday.  Pharmacist told me he filled my
Biaxin XL (the allergist wrote me a script for 30 days, with one
refill) with a generic.  He said it'd just come in that week.  I
really was quite happy to only pay $10 (my copay) for the 30.  The