Cystic Fibrosis: Sugar On Bacteria Surface Serves As Base For Web Of
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   Ultrasound as a treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis.
   Bartley J, Young D.
   Department of Otolaryngology, Counties Manukau District Health

I recently ordered this  plastic device and it has provided me with
some  unexpected relief.  It inserts into the nostrils and pries them
open which makes it both easier to breathe fresh air over my  dry,
irritated tissue and also helps keep the tissue from chafing against

I might have asked this before; I don't recall.
After your septoplasty did your bipap, cpap or vpap settings need to be
adjusted?  I am using a new cushion; it's less than ten days old and it
leaks something fierce.  It replaced one that was definitely dead but the

I was it with antibacterial soap after use.  Is further disinfecting
necessary?  Is it ok just to let it air dry upside down?  I am
terrified of making the infection worse, but it doesn't seem to be
getting better without irrigation.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to respond.
I have had a deviated septum for a few years now, about 1.5 years ago
I got a CT scan which showed a) a deviated septum and b)
"microperiosteal thickening of right maxillary sinus, righ OMU and

What a mess.  It's all doing well according to the surgeon, but it is a
mess, which is to be expected.  Fluid is clear now.
I see him next week on the 10th or so.  Last
night I had to sleep with my head up, i.e., I had to be sitting up at about

Has there been any research into the use of Botox to prevent or shrink
swollen turbinates?

is gastro-esophageal reflux disease.  A teaspoon or two of stomach acid
backs up and is regurgitated into the mouth every once in  awhile and can
trigger uncontrollable hiccupping  It can also cause a lot of belching.  Has
anyone had any small bouts of it immediately or shortly ...

You should have seen the size of the splint that the ENT took out of my nose
today?  It was at 2.5 inches long!!  A thin piece of plastic that had a
slight curve to it.  It was huge!  I keep closing a nostril and breathing in
and out through the other to test the strength of the ...

Recurrent respiratory tract infections can result from Primary Ciliary
Diskenesia--when the airway cilia are not functioning.  A new treatment uses
a lentivirus vector that targets the affected DNAI1-deficient epithelial
cells.  This has been effective in restoring ciliary ...

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Hi,  I had FESS a few years ago which cleaned me out nicely.  But soon
after, my rheumatologist put me on a new immunosuppressant medicaton.
It works very well, except for the side effect of causing sinusitis.
I've had to stop taking it a few times now, to take antibiotics to

So after some months post op, a lot of stuff kept improving after many
years infected, most notably my HPA axis dysfunction, which isn't all
gone, but dramatically diminished.  From my perspective, HPA axis