Hi everyone,
I just started doing nasal irrigation a few days ago, and it's not helping me at all. It does remove the icky mucous from my nose, but my nasal passages are sooooo swollen inside that I still cannot smell anything or breathe out of my nose at all. I swear with every fiber of my being that I have NOT AT ALL been able to smell ANYTHING for at least a year. A skunk could spray on my foot and I wouldn't even notice! I have always had severe allergies, but in the past year I developed food allergies to all the most common foods as well. Also, I believe I suffer from systemic Candidiasis, so that might also be the problem, but should I give the nasal irrigation more time? I do have a prescription for Nasonex or Flonase, I'm not sure which one, but have heard that steroidal medications are terrible for people with Candida, and that I should generally stay away from steroids of any kind in general. Is this true?
Thanks,
Katalina
Hi everyone,
I just started doing nasal irrigation a few days ago, and it's not helping me at all. It does remove the icky mucous from my nose, but my nasal passages are sooooo swollen inside that I still cannot smell anything or breathe out of my nose at all. I swear with every fiber of my being that I have NOT AT ALL been able to smell ANYTHING for at least a year. A skunk could spray on my foot and I wouldn't even notice! I have always had severe allergies, but in the past year I developed food allergies to all the most common foods as well. Also, I believe I suffer from systemic Candidiasis, so that might also be the problem, but should I give the nasal irrigation more time? I do have a prescription for Nasonex or Flonase, I'm not sure which one, but have heard that steroidal medications are terrible for people with Candida, and that I should generally stay away from steroids of any kind in general. Is this true?
Thanks,
Katalina
Hi everyone,
I just started doing nasal irrigation a few days ago, and it's not helping me at all. It does remove the icky mucous from my nose, but my nasal passages are sooooo swollen inside that I still cannot smell anything or breathe out of my nose at all. I swear with every fiber of my being that I have NOT AT ALL been able to smell ANYTHING for at least a year. A skunk could spray on my foot and I wouldn't even notice! I have always had severe allergies, but in the past year I developed food allergies to all the most common foods as well. Also, I believe I suffer from systemic Candidiasis, so that might also be the problem, but should I give the nasal irrigation more time? I do have a prescription for Nasonex or Flonase, I'm not sure which one, but have heard that steroidal medications are terrible for people with Candida, and that I should generally stay away from steroids of any kind in general. Is this true?
Thanks,
Katalina
**** SO SORRY, DUPLICATE MESSAGE, HIT THE WRONG KEY. .... TOMPOK
Irrigation will cause the sinuses to swell a little. You should fill the prescription to your nosespray. It will help shrink the nasal tissue, and open up your airways to help you breath better. It will also help the irrigation get further up in your sinuses and flush even more gunk out.
I've never heard about steriods contributing to Candida problems. I've heard that about antibiotics though. Very little of the steroid from the spray gets in your bloodstream. One study had people use 8 squirts a day (4x the usual dose) and they still did not show an increase in blood cortisol levels.
sneezydiva,
That convinces me to get my nasal spray prescription filled, then. 4x the usual dose and no rise in blood cortisol levels? That's great. My plan is to use my nasal spray for a week then, so it starts working, and then start back up with nasal irrigation. Thanks for the really informative response
~Katalina
Nasal Irrigation doesn't work for me 
Linear Mode
