I went to an ENT outside my HMO today and she said three things:
1) use my home-brewed saline solution (equal parts baking soda & sea salt
(1/2 teaspoon of the mix to one cup of warm water)) in the morning rather
than at night.  1/2 cup per nostril

FAQ for Alt.Support.Sinusitis Ver. 5.3
  CONTENTS
  What is Sinusitis?
       Diagnosis

Which nasal corticosteroids do not have Benzalkonium chloride in them?

Study of oral and inhaled steroids in children:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-med-wheezing-kids-ste
roids,0,7085206.story
"In the Canadian study, 129 children ages 1 to 6 years with a history of

As you may recall from a post six months ago, heparanase is
overexpressed in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis [PMID 17041566].  
Inhibiting it with heparin seems to be helpful for both diseases.  Well,
I was reading a paper on cathelicidin and it turns out heparan sulfate

Good afternoon,
I haven't used my Waterpik WP-60 in quite awhile.  I want to start using
it again, but need to clean it out first.  What is the best way to clean
one?  I want to make sure it's clean, but not use anything that will be

A new blood test, being developed at the Medical College of Georgia in
Augusta, can identify whether a patient has genuine chronic sinusitis,
and even what type of sinusitis it is.
The blood test works by measuring blood proteins that have been linked

We are looking at respiratory tissue that becomes inflamed by certain
allergens and other things.  Here is another post that I made a couple
of days ago:
Not quite sure what to do here.   I just got my car back from my car

Not about sinusitis, or infection, but an article from an highly
responsible publication, which I found somewhat shocking, and  gave me
useful insights into the way 'big pharma' operates, research is
conducted and the context in which physicians have to practice in the

Question to all who have taken allergy shots. Anyone taken the
shots and didn't get any relief ?
I have been taking them for ten months and haven't seen any relief .
Still have the congestion - the itchiness . Talked to allergist  and

Since modern human populations are often deficient in regulatory
T-cells, this finding that Tregs are vital to antiviral defenses
indicates modern society has a special vulnerability to certain classes
of viruses on top of the added background risk of autoimmunity and

Yesterday i went for my yearly allergy appt with the new doc. They did
the full panel on my back.. the skin prick/scratch tests. I basically
had no reaction. He asked if he wanted me to do the (can't remember
the name) where they actually inject the allergen under the skin. I

Back in 2004, I had proposed scrapping the existing "Sinusitis FAQ" and
replacing it with a genuine list of questions that really are frequently
asked on this NG.  This is what I came up with.  I would appreciate your
comments (and anyone elses too!)