Severe sinus/allergy sufferers? Relief?

[Frank]

I have had the most severe sinus congestion I ever had for a week now. I have anti-biotics and some pain relief but it gets so intense, it reaches all the way down to my lower left jaw with pain. So bad I can hardly keep my left eye open or concentrate on anything. After 3 days of this following the Dr visit, I got some of that saline spray and flushed things out and it seems to have helped. Breathing has never been a problem and my eyes only itch once in a while. I got one of those netty pots but haven't tried it yet. I am finding about 10:30 each day the pain builds and builds and acetometifin I was prescribed is barely making a dent. I end up spending an extended lunch hour just lying down just so I can make it until 5.

Has anyone found some quick effective relief for this?

[SS Junk]

Nothing to relieve a severe sinus infection except prescribed drugs.

[ELVIS]

that sounds more like DSC than allergies bro.

god bless.

[downshift_me]

Peroxide flush.

[Strychnine]

I finally got tired of that shit so I went and saw a specialist. After a CAT scan and some other stuff we decided the ol' hammer / roto-rooter surgery was the only fix. Turns out the broken nose back in middle school screwed up my septum badly and then made it so my sinuses never drained correctly. I ended up with chronic sinusitis which led to years and years of buildup in my sinus cavities.

In the pre-op meetings he said on a 1-10 scale I was probably an 8 as far as "badness" goes. After surgery he revised that and said it was a 9.
I had a septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery three weeks ago and even though everything is still healing I feel fucking GREAT comparatively. For the first time in nearly 20 years I can breathe well.


My case may be a little extreme, but if this happens to you a lot you should go see an ENT.

[Ted]

that sounds more like DSC than allergies bro.

god bless.

Elvis knows the symptoms of Dick Sucker's Cramps all too well.

[Baron Von Crowder]

last time I went to the doc they gave me a shot and told me to pick up some Claritin D from the pharmacy. It worked pretty well.

[jlyon]

i have had problems with my sinuses for as long as i can remember. for the last 2-3 years i have had a problem constantly. go to the dr and get some antibiotics and nothing has helped, even different strength of meds don't help. at least 2-3 times a year i get bad infections, bad like blowing my nose and seeing a lot of blood mixed with the snot. right now im getting over it from last week after draining into my chest and coughing so much i lost my voice and it causing vomiting. now i have neon green snot when i blow my nose. i hate it, i just want to roto rooter my sinus cavities and be done with it. it has messed up my right ear and most of the time, it seems like im listening with an ear full of water. sometimes that infection drains down to my jaw and makes me feel like i have a severe tooth ache. i probably need to go to a specialist for my problem and get it fixed once and for all.

it could have something to do with smoking for 25 years and im working on quitting. i haven't had one in just over a week from being sick. i have had a couple days that were hard but im sticking to it and plan on being done once and for all. maybe this will help with my sinus problems.

[redrocket5.0]

This year has to be the worst for me also, I use Zicam intense sinus relief gel. it works wonders. Clears me up for a while. Just last month I was seeing floaters and dark spots in my right eye and was referred to an eye specialist in Okc. I had what they called "bird shot chorioretinopathy" White dot syndrome. Scared the crap out of me, I got injections and what felt like 100 photos taken of my eye. I pissed neon green for a few hours after. Its cleared up now, but it was all nasal related. Good luck man, let me know what works for you.

[Randy]

BAM!!! As funny as it seems, this chick i know says it works awesome for her.

[SS Junk]

Turns out the broken nose back in middle school screwed up my septum badly and then made it so my sinuses never drained correctly..

My oldest son is going through that right now. Had ocular cellulitis with sepsis on the back of the eye which put him in the hospital for a week. It damaged his sinuses and will have to have surgery once he stops growing. For now he has to be vigilant when it comes to colds or allergies. Sucks, but glad the dude made it. There were a whole lot of doctors swarming around him when he was first admitted to the ER.

[dblack1]

Still have tonsils? Salivary gland swelling? Deviated septum?

Did you see a ENT or just a primary care physician. I've been through all this, only most of my problems are cause by my tonsils, and I get salivary stones on occasion due to drainage issues from my tonsils. I'm getting these bitches removed this year.

[YALE]

Neti pot, FTW, Frank! It's gross, but believe me, it works.

[LANTIRN]

For me, nothing beats 4way nasal spray for congestion.

[Johnny Armijo]

Diprospan if you can find it