Anyone else with permanently congested sinuses?

[tiredandgrumpy]

Mine always get worse with a cold, but I'm thinking they must hate the air conditioning at work. I've noticed they've got bad again now I've returned from maternity leave. Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, how have you dealt with it? I can't change job or desk, and feel embarrassed going to the doctor for "a bad cold".

Me. My GP has said he'll refer me to ENT. I've had years of it, tried antihistamines,steroid sprays, and recently had numerous sinus infections that have needed antibiotics. I'm fed up of it.

Sorry, was ranting there. I find saline sprays help a bit with the air con thing, but after flights etc, I end up needing a decongestant fir days. I'm afraid I have no other tips but will watch with interest.

Me. After I've had DCs I sound like I have a permanent cold. Air con is AWFUL for me, and I get awful headaches if I'm exposed to it. In the mornings, I'm always bunged up. No tips sorry, I just put up with it.

Sorry to say that the only thing that cured mine was being made redundant from my job! Once I was no longer in a large air-conditioned office environment it improved dramatically.

I was permenantly blocked up and had several bad sinus infections, the worst one landed me in hospital.

I have heard good reports of nasal rinsing.
www.neilmed.com/usa/sinusrinse.php

This sort of thing.

Me too. I often wake up in the morning with a pounding sinus face/headache. Saline sprays are good but they just don't get up far enough.
I had stuff from America like pinkpaperpiggy linked to and a machine that misted it up my nose and round my sinuses and it was fabulous- used it for years and then they stopped making it.

Mine is worse when the weather is wet. I am now trying to stay off dairy as it makes it much worse.

A patient of mine had hers surgically cleared, she said it was great.

She was very well off and may have paid privately to go though.