Found this in JAMA:
I need Elizabeth to fully understand it, but I think the matrix
metalloproteinases are somehow related to biofilms. Interesting use of
an antibiotic to treat an auto immune condition:

I go into hospital for an op on Tuesday (Deviated Septum and sinus
opening) typically over the last couple of days I have been all bunged
up with a lot of stuff going down my throat - but as of yesterday I
have also been getting an awful headache on the top of my head where it

Has anyone here been diagnosed with a funal infection in your sinuses?
After 2 surgeries and a boatload of antibiotics, the latest fungal
culture came back positive for Aspergillus.
The doc has prescribed Noxafil 3 times a day and Amphitericin B via a

Given the interaction of p75 with ASIC3, a receptor upregulated by
acetyl-l-carnitine, I think this new result explains how ALCAR provides
clinical relief for chronic fatigue sufferers (it's a shame ALCAR sends
hair into catagen through the same receptor and also alters cancer ...

so I know how horrible it is to be on antibiotics long term...but what
are the alternatives? I was on antibiotics (amoxicillin) continuously
from Oct. 2006 to January 2007, and since then its been a variety will
2-3 weeks off at a time before the infections return. Now its a

FDAnews Drug Daily Bulletin
April 2, 2008  | Vol. 5 No. 65
Accentia’s Chronic Sinusitis Product Fails Clinical Trial
Accentia Biopharmaceuticals said its intranasal antifungal wash to treat

I went to a club last night.  There was a guy there that was carrying
oxygen.  I talked to him and he said that he was a smoker for 60
years.  He quit the day that they outfitted him with oxygen.  I really
am not sorry for a guy like this.  The only ways that you can get a

My sinusitis symptoms have been pretty much the same for quite a while now.
Chronic disease in L maxillary sinus but no acute disease. My lungs have not
been so fortunate and I've had a mild productive cough for about 20 months
now along with on and off asthma symptoms. Last 3 ...

Again the title is not borne out by the text of the article, what is
says is that viable bacteria linger in the joints.
Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease
ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2008) -- The bacteria that cause Lyme disease,

Dr. Tichenor of New York is advancing a new theory of chronic sinusitis:
 It may be caused by previously unsuspected infestation of mycobacteria.
Abstract presented at the 2008 AAAAI meeting:
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)) as a cause of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

I think someone mentioned a few books that were good in dealing with
chronic sinusitis. I have reviewed quite a few posts trying to find
it, but no luck.
can someone resend the info for me?

i just got back from my therapist.  I am really having touble with
anger issues because of my sinus history.  I mentioned before that I
noticed problems with my sinuses when I was 13.  I used to have an
entire nasal passage swelled shut because it was full with mucus.  I

There is a change in body chemistry when a person wakes up.  I am
awake for about 5 minutes and then my nasal cells start secreating
mucus.  Is this due to the endrocine system?  What neurotransmitters
(chemicals) are being produced to cause this nose run?  Why does my

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070820200004.htm
ScienceDaily (Aug. 22, 2007) -- Researchers from Italy have identified
a bacteriophage active against Staphylococcus aureus, including
methicillin-resistant strains, in mice and possibly humans.

I have just purchased a beta glucan supplement derived from a yeast
(Saccharomyces cerevisiae) which, from published studies, does appear
to have some positive effect on the human immune system and ability to
fight bacterial infection.  I realize there have been some postings