Hi there
Any help or comments would be really appreciated.
Ive got a cold but after 3 days of blowing my nose solid my nose is really sore on the inside - it hurts to blow it, it hurts if I don't blow it. I can't just sniff.
About 3 weeks ago I had a sinus infection and got antibiotics from the doc. It seemed to do the trick while I was taking them but then once the course was finished it came back. So the dr examined me and said that my sinuses were really gunked up and I should do lots of steaming and blowing my nose tp get the gunk out. (The dr saw catarrah behind my ear drums and my throat was really sore and glands up and hurt as well as sinus pain.) I am also on nasonex and he told me to up that to twice a day.
So thats what I have been doing, and its working, my nose is running like crazy, Ive never blown so much stuff out of my nose -really. But now its all very painful, I am getting sinus headache and don't seem to be feeling better - I feel like I have a bad cold and I do. Im off work.
So Im going to continue to steam and blow until its all gone. Does anyone have any suggestions to make me feel better or to get all this gunk out - its yellow and white and cloudy. Has anyone been through the same and come out the other side? Id love some inspiration!
I have, I usually get one or two nastys infections a year :P ... are you sure the first anti-biotic cleaed up the infection? If so, maybe it's just taking a while for everything to drain still. Make sure you drinking a lot of fluids...hot tea is very soothing, I'd try that, to help loosen stuff up more, and get it all out. How long have you had these symptoms for? Maybe you need to call your doctor and get put back on another anti-biotic?
Get yourself a product call SinuCleanse. It can usually be found for $15 at Long's, Walmart, DVD, that type of drug store. I know I'm going to sound like a commercial but, truly, it is so refreshing (though the process itself sounds gross, it really isn't).
SinuCleanse is a nasal lavage where you pour a light saline water into one nostril, the water travels through your sinus cavaties, then out the other nostril. It sluices out all the icky crap. You can do a search on "neti pot" on the internet. That's essentially what SinuCleanse is - and neti pots have been used for centuries.
Hi Both
Thanks for the replies, I have been doing what you said, drinking lots of hot drinks, and I do have a neti pot which I used yesterday. The drainage isn't so bad now, its definately eased up a bit, and its mainly white. And I slept better last night, which is a first in a few weeks! However now I have a terrible chesty cough, and rattling in my chest. I am coughing up some chunks of stuff which is really horrible. And when I woke this morning I felt quite sinusy - headache, nose hurt. Im just fed up of this. I am hoping that I am managing to clear whatever is in my chest by coughing up these chunks, and the sinus pain is just everything settling down. But I do have an appointment for monday at the dr just in case.
Thanks
Tesss
Hey just a quick question - my sinuses feel worse today than they did yesterday after using the neti pot. Doing nasal irrigation can't make this worse can it? I don't want to use it again.
How long have you had these symptoms for? Maybe you need to call your doctor and get put back on another anti-biotic?
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