so fed up with sinus infection

[southeastastra]

i've had it since february and it seems to have come back with a vengeance. i've been referred to a specialist but that will take weeks. gp hasn't given me any more ab's just nasal spray which is useless.

any home remedies i can try apart from snorting salt water? tempted to buy drugs off the interenet.

it doesnt matter what sort of excercise. as long as you sweat. buckets of the stuff. the sweating helps exceter the bad stuff. like th enettipott, it is something you will need to persever with.
it worked wonders for me.

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I'm wondering if this is what I've got; I can't smell or taste and have had a hideous headache on the right side of my head (near ear and behind eye!) for more than a week?

lol calvemjoe really? they must do more than that

the methol crystals are great, but everything available has short term effects. it's really like having a trapped infection that just won't shift. i must have kept balm tissue manufactureres in business for the past four months.

I went for tmj disfunction (clicking jaw) and she barely touched me but it felt like I'd been punched after my 1st visit and it ached for days. But, it did really really help (after the 1st session!) and I got relly possitive results when she moved onto my migraines and sinus problems. It made me really angry though a few £100 later when I had a scalp massage, I could feel all of her wonderful work being undone

Oh, i did ear candling too.
Didn't work.

Do you have a post sinus drip, where the gunk runs down the back of your throat?
That's yuck.

yes i have the post nasal drip, constantly and a polyp up my nose. i can't believe this is all cause by a tooth abcess.

that sounds weird calvemjoe

I was very but it works, honest!

it's ridiculous that i can feel it but can't get to it iykwim. are the sinus outside the skull? sorry i know i go on but this is really bugging me.

are you sitting comfortably?

that's what i have then, it's the sinus embedded in the skull, my maxillary area

like a cave full of green puss

Snap!

get well soon

OMG, love the link Hobo. SEAstra, mine is maxillary too then. Also get some pain above my eyebrow on that side. I am braving the gym today to get VEY HOT and VEY SWEATY. gross. I would like to be able to pull my skin off, clean the sinus with disinfectant and then put the skin back.

my nose is awful today, i had some wine and that seems to make it so much worse and i have a cold. i want to pull off the skin too.

Oh god, this thread is so comforting.

I've had sinus problems for ages, but they've been really bad since September last year.

I was told a few weeks ago that apparently I have something called 'Gilberts syndrome' or 'congenital hyperbilirubinia' - which basically means my liver doesn't work like other people's and I'll always have high bilirubin levels. I'm sure my liver symptoms were triggered by all the paracetamol I took last year to cope with my sinuses.

I'm convinced that the dry rot and damp in my horrible old Edwardian house is at the root of my problems. Mind you, I also have a deviated septum (wonky nose), nasal polyps and.....argh!...rhinitis.

I'm definitely going to get a netti pot (have also read elsewhere that this is worthwhile), and exercise as a route to sinus relief.

Fabsum, sorry to hear about your problems but welcome to the club ! Does your liver problem make your sinus issues worse or is it not related. Know what you mean about the paracetamol, I seem to be popping them all the time at the moment.
So, have just got back from the gym where did treadmill and cross trainer ( blardy awful), but cheeks got very hot and just had an emission out of the bad side so it does seem to help. Did Netti pot this morning and will do it again later. Am i right in thinking you can add salt to make it mroe effective ?
Anyone else want to join the awful sinus club ?

PS - SE, had wine last night too and am bad today. God, just so depressing this sinus stuff. I found that beer made mine SHOCKING.

how are you all now? i'm still dead miserable.

Hi SE, mine a little better which can only be attributed to the netti pot I have done every day this week. Off to the gym again today, yuk. I am flying on sunday and dreading it as it always makes my sinuses worse. Hope you feel better soon. Did you get a netti pot ?

i'm waiting for it in the post. i feel like i'm underwater . will have to go for the cotton wool soaked in salt water up the nose thing.

urgh, poor you. I am quietly pleased with the netti pot and hope you will be too. I seem to get a little green gunk out every morning, better out than in. I think hayfever and pollen are playing a part in mine too.

i got my pot, is the whole lot of water meant to go in? think i'm not doing it right

bump lol