OK...so now my incredible mutating cold has become sinusitis, but I am pg so can't take anything.

[Enid]

this bloody cold has been going on for weeks. Last week was on my chest and now is sinusitis. The gp has agreed to leave me with no antibiotics for a few days - he recommended paracetamol and bed rest (and signed me off work for the week )

Any nice natural remedies or advice?

chocolate

mentol crytalks

Sit with your head over a bowl of steaming water (put a towel over your head to keep the steam in).

Can put Karvol in the water as well I think.

Poor you, sinusitis is horrible.

it's natural but not necessarily nice

i.e. suzywong's tried and tested raw garlic on toast

she did it and the sinuses were better the next day

ps i had congestion like np ones business hwn i was pg
itall goes with pushing the baby out

poo to raw garlic on toast

but will eat something garlicky for lunch

I have olbas oil is that the same as karvol? Cannot even smell that my nose is so blocked.

chocolate has been brilliant for the cough tbh!

I cant have this for another 11 weeks

am useless, can't hear properly or speak much without coughing guts up and therefore wetting self.

no mehtol cryatlas are the best
so strong and so cheap

olbas oil bath foam is good too

have just b inned the stuff i had f rom being pg

olbas oil and karvol are different but i think do similar things. You must be very bunged up if you can't smell the olbas oil.

can't even find it on the tissue

I have a nasal inhaler thing from olbas that I can JUST smell if i stick it right up my nose and breathe vERRRRRRRRRRRRRrry deeply

cod what are menthol crystals?

they cost 40p
a dn come in a tiny container form your bog standard pharmacy

put in hot water
blow your head off

Menthol is marvellous, or even inhaling plain steam with a towel over your head works. The steam loosens the blockage.

right am plucking up courage to go to tescos

errrrrrrrrrrgh

also our tescos is size of an aircraft hangar and I get all confused

yes go adn get them
they are awonder drug

ok

have got as far as typing list

but no shower yet god I really cant be bothered

would much rather go to bed with Piers Morgan

Snort salt water. Google netti (neti?) pots and they might give the concentration. It was the only thing that shifted my sinusitis when pregnant.

cant belive I will get any up there

will google though

chilli, is fab, If the heartburn is not too bad...

please say eating it not sniffing it

think will make big plate of spag with chili and garlic before arduous tesco trip

Enid I could have written this thread! Woke up 4 am this morning with huge sinus pain, have been coughing for weeks (and totally get the wetting self...b**y baby). Will try some of the remedies on here, because feel like total crap!

Enid, you've had acupuncture before, with good results, haven't you? Try it for this. My acupuncturist - who's treated my sinuses for years now - is just arriving so must gooooo....

yes MUST book for acupunture

or shiatsu massage was thinking

When I was pg and had severe sinusitis and couldn't take ABs, the doctor gave me a nasal spray. I am sorry I can't remember its name, but it was safe to have in pg and might have helped.

torty can highly recommend chocolate for the cough - sucking a few squares really helps

Thanks enid! Will try some - what a hardship!