Lingering Sinus Problem

"Rudy Benner" <bennerREMOVE@personainternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Larry Anta" <lanta@ryerson.ca> wrote in message
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>> Hello rec.scubans worldwide!
>>
>> I'm getting a bit desperate
>
> Saline spray? Make sure you have lots of Kleenex on hand, ready to grab.
> Repeat as required. You can also snork up some salt water, same effect, be
> neat about it.

Use purified water, a good concentration of salt, and an aspirator. An
aspirator is like an oblong rubber ball with a pointed nozzle. Insert the
nozzle in the nostril and give the ball end a good squeeze. Repeat. Be
sure and do both nostrils. It's cheap and it works. Do it over the sink.

Scott wrote:
> "Rudy Benner" <bennerREMOVE@personainternet.com> wrote in message
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>>49 days until Coco View.
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> An eternity...
>
> I have to drive at least 60 miles.
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>

Wow..are you that close ?
I'm thinking about going to Coco View.
How does it compare to Cozumel?

Larry Anta writes:

> I'm getting a bit desperate because I plan to fly to Miami in early
> April and spend a week diving on Blackbeards and I can't seem to
> relieve the pressure in the sinuses behind my eyebrows. I've had this
> for about three months and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.

How did you diagnose that, and not, say, just migraine?

Rudy Benner wrote:
> "Larry Anta" <lanta@ryerson.ca> wrote in message
> news:2r6dnRpet4UsdbTfRVn-pg@rogers.com...
> > Hello rec.scubans worldwide!
> >
> > I'm getting a bit desperate because I plan to fly to Miami in early
April
> > and spend a week diving on Blackbeards and I can't seem to relieve
the
> > pressure in the sinuses behind my eyebrows. I've had this for
about three
> > months and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
> >
> > The current OTC medication I'm using is Extra Strength Tylenol
Sinus and
> > that does the job of relieving the pain symptoms alright but the
pain
> > comes back when I stop taking the Tylenol. In other words, I'm
thinking
> > of the Tylenol as a way to relieve the symptoms but not to cure the

> > problem.
> >
> > My doctor put me on Flonase, which is a corticosteroid nasal spray.
I've
> > been taking this, more or less regularly for about 3 weeks: two
sprays in
> > each nostril, twice a day.
> >
> > Because of the duration of the problem, my doctor also put me on
> > antibiotics. I just finished a two-week course of Amox. and Clav.
> > 250mg/125mg, which I took three times a day for 14 days, ending
about 4
> > days ago.
> >
> > I just had my sinuses X-Rayed yesterday and have a follow-up
appointment
> > with my GP on Wednesday to discuss the results of that X-Ray.
> >
> > I'm hoping she'll send me to ENT specialist to get these sinuses
drained
> > somehow, if there's a procedure for doing that.
> >
> > I'm keeping the humidity in my house at over 30% and, about once a
day, I
> > make a tent with a towel over a heated vaporizor and inhale the
steam for
> > about 15 minutes.
> >
> > Is there anything else I could be doing that my GP might not have
thought
> > of or should I start sterilizing my drill bits? (Just kidding.)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Saline spray? Make sure you have lots of Kleenex on hand, ready to
grab.
> Repeat as required. You can also snork up some salt water, same
effect, be
> neat about it.


I get chunks of dried mucus that seem like ferro-concrete, stuck all
in my sinuses.

I have learned to snort hot shower water, not an easy trick, and it
cleans me out like drano.

In the shower, which is a little less messy.

Thus spake "Popeye" <Buzcutt454@aol.com> :

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>Rudy Benner wrote:
>> "Larry Anta" <lanta@ryerson.ca> wrote in message
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>> > Hello rec.scubans worldwide!

<snip>

>
> I get chunks of dried mucus that seem like ferro-concrete, stuck all
>in my sinuses.
>
> I have learned to snort hot shower water, not an easy trick, and it
>cleans me out like drano.
>
> In the shower, which is a little less messy.

I use a squeeze bulb meant for that purpose. Makes it easier to snort
the water. Yes, do it in the shower and be prepared to wash snot off
your front.

--
dillon

"When the French are against it, you know we can't
be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I use a squeeze bulb meant for that purpose. Makes it easier to snort
> the water. Yes, do it in the shower and be prepared to wash snot off
> your front.

Or leave it on. Mucus is a great conditioner for chest hair. All the
chicks love to run their fingers through mine, at least until I tell them
how I condition it.

I used to suffer from sinusitus and I still get it in the early stages
because I takes steps to make sure it doesn't get worse.
The worst time when when I first got it, didn't know what it was,
thought it was cancer, thought I was dying. It wasn't and I didn't.
Seems what you'r doing should work, like breathing vapouriser up your
snout. I also use a nasal spray.
Snorkelling is good as the salt water seems to clear the passages out.
Standing in a hot shower with the hot water running on the back of your
neck.
Avoid dairy products, they are snot makers.
Alcohol doesn't help.
Put some Eucalyptus oil on a handkerchief and sniff it especialy in bed
at night.
That should loosen the oysters up.
I hope you get over it soon.
Poida


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Hi Larry,

> I'm getting a bit desperate because I plan to fly to Miami in early April
> and spend a week diving on Blackbeards and I can't seem to relieve the
> pressure in the sinuses behind my eyebrows. I've had this for about three
> months and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.

Has your doctor done a white blood cell (leukocyte) count? If the value is
too high, you have a bateriological infection and the antibiotics will help.
If the value is too low, you have a viral infection, and the antibiotics
will not help.

An x-ray of your sinuses will tell your doctor if you have a sinus problem
which exacerbates or prolongs the infection.

Next step would be to check for an allergy. If you are 'lucky', the
infection will get better on vacation and then get worse when you get back.
This would be a sign that there is something at home you are allergic to
that is the cause of your problem. Family members with allergies will give
you an indication of your predisposition.

Beware of medicinal health teas which are supposed to help releive coughs
and cold symptoms. Taken over a long period of time, I have found they tend
to make the situation worse. The same goes for nose sprays. Drink lots of
water.

I too have just gotten over a six week spell of a never ending cough/cold,
first from a bacteriological infection (the antibiotics helped) and then a
viral infection directly afterwards. Six weeks of no diving - a real bummer.
Here in Switzerland the diving conditions are ideal: cold, clear water. What
better conditions could one wish for. Got really worried, as I was in the
same situation as you are now. Girlfriend and I are off to the Maldives on
sunday for two weeks.

Hope the above is of use.

Regards

Rudolf Bargholz

"Larry Anta" <lanta@ryerson.ca> wrote in message
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(snip)> Is there anything else I could be doing that my GP might not have
thought of
> or should I start sterilizing my drill bits? (Just kidding.)

Yes, all these do-it-yourselfer sinus rinse guys are indeed the manliest of
men. However, you might want to consider that this is not the best time to
be introducing potentially new contaminants to your already compromised
sinus cavities.

Distilled water (or boiled) and the right salt solution, atomized properly.
Definitely lean over the sink. Do NOT block off the opposite nostril and
keep your mouth open a little bit. You can damage your ears if you try to
close off any of the "exits".

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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> (snip)> Is there anything else I could be doing that my GP might not have
> thought of
>> or should I start sterilizing my drill bits? (Just kidding.)

> Distilled water (or boiled) and the right salt solution, atomized
> properly.
> Definitely lean over the sink. Do NOT block off the opposite nostril and
> keep your mouth open a little bit. You can damage your ears if you try to
> close off any of the "exits".

Maybe there are some problems with socialized medicine after all, if this is
how you Canucks treat yourselves. I like Larry's first idea the best of
all, going to see an ENT specialist.