I have the usuall nasal drip - both nasal and post nasal every
morning.  The problem is that I am dealing with nasal obstruction
almost every evening.  The nasal passage membranes become loaded with
mucus.   If I allow the obstruction to continue into the evening and

Findings
CLINICAL HISTORY: Sinusitis
Technique contiguous coronal scans of the sinuses are produced using the
multidetected CT scanner, without contrast administration.

I have been rinsing with very strong black tea ( steeping for hours
often over night). After three days, every now and then the "glue"
dislodges and comes out. I sense I will be doing this awhile. This is
not customarily something I am able to do. One of my issues is tohave

I had forgotten to dig out any references on this issue.  Here's one:
"A maculopapular rash due to ampicillin or amoxycillin is one of the
most common cutaneous adverse drug reactions, occurring in 5-10% of
children. When ampicillin is administered to patients with infectious

(Just griping)
I had two episodes (again) of being so fatigued from my sinues being
swollen - we did have thunderstorm and rain - that I couldn't get out
of bed to go to work those days.

After 5 surgeries and 20 plus years of infection I still experience a
great deal of congestion and pain.  My ENT says my sinuses are open
and no further surgery is indicated.  There is scar tissue and
inflamed membrane and PND which I treat with irrigation and Nasonex.

Started on a low dose (500 mg/day) 3-month stint of Biaxin about a
week ago. For some reason or another I've been feeling more or less
horrible for that time. It's not the usual antibiotic side-effects I
know pretty well, but just a worsening of my chronic symptoms, most

Had my first physical with my new PCP, someone with extraordinarily good
ratings on ratemd.com, a family physician.  I interviewed her first,
last month, to make sure she wasn't overwhelmed by my health history and

I've been running a humidifier in my living room 24/7 for a few months
now. I think it has helped with my sinuses.  Isn't static due to the
air being dry? i seem to have more static in my hair and clothes the
last couple of weeks.  Very annoying.  Not sure if the humidifier

He's BOOKED.
Susan

There are articles on the net saying that they can use photodynamic
therapy for oral infections and that it is effective for c albicans as
well as at least 1 type of bacteria.  Could this eventually be applied
to treat sinus infections???

I posted a while back about my chronic sinus infection. I'm waiting for my
CT scan report to arrive so I can post the results. Anyway, I have a
question about using antifungal ointments for sinus infections. My doctor
prescribed Naftin for me a while back for something else, and I ...

My condition must not be (chronic) any more.  After three and a half years
without much let up, now I only use steroid spray maybe five or six sprays
per month.
It could be that I went for many months without smoking and take

I have been struggling with sinus trouble for about 3 months (I know
this is nothing compared to what most of you have been through).  I
have tried multiple home remedies.  At what point do you throw in the
towel and ask for antibiotics?  My problem with antibiotics- aside

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