Sinus Infection

Joy-O — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:39:10 +0000

Sinus infection, or sinusitis, is an inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages. A sinus infection can cause a headache or pressure in the eyes, nose, cheek area, or on one side of the head. A person with a sinus infection may also have a cough, sore throat, fever, bad breath, and nasal congestion with thick nasal secretions. Sinusitis is categorized as acute (sudden onset) or chronic (long term, the most common type).

Infection in nasal passages and pharynx spread into the sinus easily because it is all connected. The sinus and the nasal cavities are there to warm and filter the air you breathe.

Bacteria, fungus and other allergens, particles and organisms can easily travel up into your sinus cavities from your nose. Believe it or not studies have shown that just blowing your nose will cause them to enter the sinus cavities. Normally these would be eliminated in the sinus drainage that typically goes down into throat. But if the organisms or matter cause swelling of the lining of the sinus cavities then the area gets blocked because of narrowed sinus passages and the sinus drainage hardens and backs up not allowing the quart of mucous to move through that needs to every day. Then an infection can start in the sinus cavities called sinusitis (sinus infection- same thing), because of this back up. So an infection would not likely start in the nasal passages – I’m assuming you mean nose. Irrigation with saline solution (salt water) is your best treatment.No other chemicals, herbs,irritants etc. should ever be put up into your sinuses according to my GP.

It’s the first time in my life I encounter such problem so I had to make a research to understand everything. Now it’s clear to me and now I’m feeling a lot better and still using saline solution.

Little one got stung!

Joy-O — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:30:04 +0000

How unfortunate! How poor my baby was but he is okay now thanks God. It started with just an unknown plant. My son loves flowers and garden. One day they went to his big brother school for an event. When he came home I saw few rashes on his face and he was scratching it. We thought it was just nothing until that day had passed. Oh dear when we woke up the following morning, we saw his right eye swollen and his right check so red. It looks so bad but he was feeling alright. He even still want to go to school. We suspected the food we ate during the weekend like crab meat and dried mangoes. It was the first time he ate those food. I set an appointment to the GP for the following day just to know what was it because it really bothered our thoughts. You know parents how it feels to see your child in such situation?
The GP said he got allergy from a certain plant. We need to find out what was it so that we can avoid it next time. The GP prescribed for him Sigmacort ointment for the rashes and Phenergan syrup for the itchiness. The syrup made him really sleepy and the ointment helps him a lot. With just few days it was all gone.
My husband remembered that our son bumped into a plant full of white bunch of flowers on the way to school. I saw that flowers but in my mind it’s not the plant who caused our son such thing. I think it was insect or bug laying in there or maybe some tiny caterpillars got him stung! I know how it feels to be stung by caterpillars.

Crankiness

Joy-O — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:46:07 +0000

Crankiness? What’s with the word? Oh well it’s about me feeling erratic since yesterday. Not in the mood and was lazy yesterday and today woke up feeling so weak. I went to bed early last night and it seems that I still didn’t have a good sleep. Something keeps bugging me so annoying I don’t understand. I really hate what I’m feeling today. Stuffy nose, sore throat and muscle pain. What the heck why? We just stayed home the whole day yesterday anyway. Checking in my kitchen feeling’ like there’s no good food for me to eat. All crap for me what are inside our cupboards and fridge. Oh no I hate this day. I just started it with opening my laptop while sipping hot lemonade with honey. I hope this day will finish well when it comes to my health. I got very itchy nose and I’m sneezing from time to time. I’ve been treating my hay fever allergies for 3 days now but no to avail. Argh what I should I do? I want to go out but my saving account nearly empty. My pocket is sick. I need to earn. It’s draining because of school holiday. Oh this day no good sorry Lord.

Totally fine

Joy-O — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:37:11 +0000

Finally I’m doing well after almost a month of being sick. The worst was my cough. As in so bad that I lost hope of finding the best cure. I was experiencing asthma symptoms. Whizzing and little bit hard breathing. I was opted to use inhaler that my husband used to use when he’s having asthma attacked. I felt strange because my attacked usually in the dawn. I started to feel back and chest pain every time I was coughing. Phlegm was all plainly clear. No traces of bacteria. I was hysterically worried because it made my days miserable. I can’t go out in public and socialize with friends. I mostly stayed inside the house which was so boring.
I’m fortunate to have a friend who was become an angel sent from above to tell me that a certain medicine for me was right there. With just one day of taking the herbal medicine I felt immediately okay. The next day I still took the medicine for precautionary purpose and that was it! Everything’s good until now. Thank you Lord for sending the angel. And thanks to the health shop where I bought the medicine with deep healing power. It was a syrup that has Manuka honey and propolis mixed with echinacea purpurea extract. The medicine’s exact name is Proplis Herbal Elixir from Comvita and made in New Zealand. It was actually a dietary supplement. Whatever it was, I got healed.

Hayfever

Joy-O — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:11:14 +0000

I never had hay-fever before but how come after such longs years now it’s bugging me? Is the mixture of Australia grass can cause hayfever? I never imagine myself will use nasal spray for very itchy nose and eye drops for red eyes. It even gives me bad headache. Oh dear I was once had very bad skin allergy that almost ruined my skin. Thanks goodness I was able to get rid of it with the help of Periactin. It was good medicine but very sedated. It was making me sleep whole day. Until now I have some tiny scars because of those skin allergies. Luckily it wasn’t really bad. I was so depressed what will happened to my skin. I’m hoping and praying it won’t happen to me again.

Eczema and Asthma

Joy-O — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:34:00 +0000

Recent research has highlighted the link between eczema and asthma. Children with eczema have twice the risk of having asthma later in life.

In the largest study of its kind, researchers tracked 8500 Tasmanians from Childhood to get the first concise picture of how allergic conditions develop. The findings, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, support the theory that eczema is often the first step in an allergic chain that leads to other related conditions such as hay fever and asthma. People who had childhood eczema were more likely to develop childhood asthma or new-onset asthma later in life, or to have asthma that persisted from childhood into middle age.

One in six children have asthma, that can not only affect their health but also their learning, as it is the leading cause of school absenteeism.

What’s behind your sneezes

Joy-O — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

It’s no picnic if you suffer from seasonal allergies. Runny nose, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, and constant sneezing are the basic complaints. But the nasal congestion that results can also keep you awake at night. Allergies can also trigger more serious complications, such as chronic sinusitis and asthma. Yet most allergy sufferers don’t seek help beyond a box of tissues. A lot of people think it’s normal to sniffle and sneeze all day.
Even those who do to to the doctor for their allergies may give up before they find a solution.
A consumer research survey found out that more than 60 percent of patients failed to take allergy medicine as prescribed by their doctors, largely because their symptoms didn’t clear up or they cleared up only temporarily. Indeed, only about 20 percent of patients believe that they can become free of symptoms.
Now, all that is changing because of breakthroughs in both prescription and over-the-counter treatments.
Allergies are the immune system’s hyped-up reaction to normal harmless foreign substances, or allergies. When these touch the lining of the nose, the mucous membranes become inflamed, setting off symptoms. Seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever) follows nature’s calendar. Bit some people have chronic allergic rhinitis; their symptoms occur year-round in response to animal dander, cockroaches, molds, and dust mites.
These allergic account for a lot of misery. Millions of people have seasonal rhinitis.
And many type of allergies are on the rise. In the United States, a 2005 survey by the National Institute of Health found that 54 per cent of the population tested positive to one or more substance (the most common being dust mites, grass, ragweed, and cockroaches), making them more vulnerable to developing full-blown allergies down the road.
Thirty years ago, however, only half that number tested positive.
Why are the numbers going up? Some researchers blame increased in pollution. Others think we’ve become too clean.
According to the so-called hygiene hypothesis, children raised in hyperclean environments develop hair-trigger immune systems that are skewed toward allergies. Interestingly, babies who live in homes with two or more dogs or cats in their first year are less likely to develop allergies. So are those who have lots of older siblings or who attend day care. Presumably, exposure to a variety of foreign substances and microbes “teaches” the immune system hoe to react appropriately. The theory is intriguing right? But the truth, scientists aren’t sure what’s driving the rise.
If you develop symptoms and don’t know what’s triggering them, a doctor can help figure it out, often with skin tests or with blood tests. Many types of doctors treat allergies, but allergists are the most experienced at diagnosis and also the most up-to-date on treatments.