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Cliff Dweller, you sound like what I had. I had a sinus infection and Pneumonia....I was on 3 antibiotics until only the 3rd one worked: Levaquin. I also lived on Tussionex for 4 weeks...I hope yours is gone soon.
I used to be on antibiotics at least once a year for sinus infections and then, with allergies, it got to be worse. Antibiotics all winter long and the ENT finally said it might be due to fungus, the way it would linger and not completely go away.
What finally stopped it was sinus surgery. Bingo! I still get allergy shots and I will get an occasional sinus infection if I skip the shots. Now I'm on antibiotics once a year for only a short time, not all winter.
Hello. So ive got what I believe to be a sinus infection and is causing daily headaches. I've got constant pressure in my face and under my cheekbones by my eyes. Sometimes when I blow my nose, thick yellow mucus is discharged. I went to the pharmacy and bought that sudaphed, the kind where you show id to get. When I take it, the pressure lessens and the headaches all but go away. But they come right back after the 24 hour time period when the sudafed wears off. I work part time, my girlfriend was laid off last month and I cannot afford a doctors visit. Needless to say, health insurance is non existent for me sadly. NY help to get rid of this infection would be great. Thank you.
It sounds like a sinus infection. You would likely need antibiotics if symptoms have been present for at least 10 days and/or things are getting worse. Decongestants can cause miserable rebound congestion if used for more than 3 days. Go to a free/reduced healthcare clinic.
Fungal sinusitis is rare and more suspect in someone who is immunosuppressed. Maverick, when someone fails antibiotics and is chronic, they really do need to see a specialist again. There is nothing that can really give you relief except prescriptions (ex. steroids) once you have exhausted drug store remedies. Also, you have a pocket of bacterial infection in your head that may continue to grow or even spread. Sinusitis can become very serious and difficult to treat, and I guess I always think about worse-case scenarios, but I personally would spend the time and money on care.
Last edited by west seattle gal; 07-02-2013 at 12:52 PM..
You have ONE citation from 1999 from ONE group of researchers which has NOT BEEN REPRODUCED elsewhere....
"A controversial hypothesis proposed by several researchers from the Mayo Clinic suggested that virtually all patients with any form of CRS have fungal immunopathogenesis for their disorder because they found that office based transnasal cultures grew many different fungi from all of their CRS patients, despite reporting identical culture results from their non-CRS controls "
Kind of hard to prove causation when your controls are growing the IDENTICAL ORGANISMS!!!!!!
Once more, the ACTUAL causes of sinusitis are VIRAL then BACTERIAL....the incidence AFS or allergic fungal sinusitis is much, much lower....
Pathophysiology
The most common cause of acute sinusitis is an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) of viral origin. The viral infection can lead to inflammation of the sinuses that usually resolves without treatment in less than 14 days. If symptoms worsen after 3 to 5 days or persist for longer than 10 days and are more severe than normally experienced with a viral infection,a secondary bacterial infection is diagnosed
You have ONE citation from 1999 from ONE group of researchers which has NOT BEEN REPRODUCED elsewhere....
"A controversial hypothesis proposed by several researchers from the Mayo Clinic suggested that virtually all patients with any form of CRS have fungal immunopathogenesis for their disorder because they found that office based transnasal cultures grew many different fungi from all of their CRS patients, despite reporting identical culture results from their non-CRS controls "
Kind of hard to prove causation when your controls are growing the IDENTICAL ORGANISMS!!!!!!
Once more, the ACTUAL causes of sinusitis are VIRAL then BACTERIAL....the incidence AFS or allergic fungal sinusitis is much, much lower....
Pathophysiology
The most common cause of acute sinusitis is an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) of viral origin. The viral infection can lead to inflammation of the sinuses that usually resolves without treatment in less than 14 days. If symptoms worsen after 3 to 5 days or persist for longer than 10 days and are more severe than normally experienced with a viral infection,a secondary bacterial infection is diagnosed Sinusitis
I will quote the Spanish saying "No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver" ("There's no worse blind than he who refuses to see"), so why would I want to argue with you? Your ego obviously demands that you win this one, so be happy knowing that you just won!
But for the rest of the readers who may want to make up their own minds, I want to clarify that acute sinusitis is the one which is usually bacterial or viral, but chronic sinusitis is really what I was referring to, and I'm sure it doesn't matter to you if the study was made in 1999 or whenever since the year has nothing to do with the results, which I quote here:
RESULTS:
Fungal cultures of nasal secretions were positive in 202 (96%) of 210 consecutive CRS patients. Allergic mucin was found in 97 (96%) of 101 consecutive surgical cases of CRS. Allergic fungal sinusitis was diagnosed in 94 (93%) of 101 consecutive surgical cases with CRS, based on histopathologic findings and culture results. Immunoglobulin E-mediated hypersensitivity to fungal allergens was not evident in the majority of AFS patients.
I just want to say that I know what it's like not to have health insurance. But, please, don't mess around and wait too long for some of these issues. I knew a guy who thought he had a sinus infection. In fact, I believe one of his doctors thought so, too. He waited and waited to get better and ended up with cancer in his sinus cavity and had to have it removed as well as having reconstructive surgery. It isn't anything to wait too long on.
BTW, I didn't read all of the posts, but has anyone with a sinus infection tried a netti pot? I never have at all, but am wondering if they work . . .
Yes, they do. I think it's already been covered in this thread.
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