Sinusitis FAQ

odd smells following irrigation

Question:

"Janine Maves" <jma…@earthlink.net> schrieb: >Okay, here’s a weird one for you irrigation afficionados: >I’ve never experienced an actual loss of smell with chronic sinusitis but >for some reason each time I follow Can Do’s peroxide irrigation technique, I >get the strongest whiff of potting soil.  Any ideas what this is about?

Hydrogen Peroxide apparently usually is bottled together with a small amount of sulfuric acid, I could imagine that could be the source of the smell Bye, Sascha

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Hi Janine… I had an upper molar root canaled 10 years ago, due to pain. A year or so later, I went back to the dentist complaining of more pain from the same tooth. He took an X-ray, but said it looked fine. ..I continued to have pain, so he cut the gum up to the root tip, and put a couple of fillings in the end.   …I found out 4 years ago, after I started irrigating, that the sore tooth was simply referred pain from my sinuses. …I haven’t had the pain since.    …Jon

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> Okay, here’s a weird one for you irrigation afficionados: > I’ve never experienced an actual loss of smell with chronic sinusitis but > for some reason each time I follow Can Do’s peroxide irrigation technique, I > get the strongest whiff of potting soil.  Any ideas what this is about?

I get the same exact smell.  I have no idea what it is but I’m glad you have it to so I don’t have to worry about my entire house smelling like potting soil Tony

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Ok then If you use about 2 ounces I know its not working for me. I use a small rubber ear bulb. It holds 2 ounces and I use only 1/5 of that. Its like a put a teaspoon of solution in each nose opening and thats all that will go in then it over flows. then I wait 3 minutes get the sneezing sting, wait, wiggle my face ect. wait. Try a few more drops. I tryed the shower up side down method. same thing. I guess the catscan is right. the sinus is full of polips and the small tube is clogged. Right now my upper molars are in toothache pain mode again. Denist said there is no cavity or problems. I just dont want sinus sergery.  I just want to breeze through my nose again. But I dont want a 3 in one sergery fix it all at once. I feel it may be overkill. Why cant I just get the new turbinate swelling reduction in office  (high frquency) thing done and see if that works????? Or is the small tube just going to stay blocked and sinus infections still happen. I had 6 weeks of heaven when I did the daily irrigation and added peroxide every other week. Then I went on vacation, stayed at a shit hotel that smelled (last room, on a  Holiday) Now my sinuses are screwed again. I tested positive for dustmites and mold. Had the house tested and they were high.  Had the mold and dustmites problem fixed but the dustmites can return if the humidity goes up. so I keep the humidity in the bedroom at 35%. And the house at 30%. ifFixed the bedroom with covers for mattress pillows, carpet ect. Worked fantastic for 6 weeks. But the doctor says the septum is crooked. (catscan I seen). Polips are to many and large. and turbinates are always swelled. God I wish I knew the answer. I dont trust any Doctors anymore. If you act dumb they take advantage of you. If you tell them my maxillary sinuses are bad they wonder why you know so much. ( I knew more than the 4 nurses)  Then you get a cat scan and xray 2 different places and they tell you the maxillary sinuses are bad. ( I knew that)They never give real details. Because of the fast pace, bullshit sameold crap that we have to live with attitude,. I deal with this almost everywhere. But now I go to stores that treat me like a person, A bank where Im not a number and if I pay more for that service thats fine. But why should doctors be any different. Damn give us respect. Thats all it comes down to. If you are low mid or upper income, Respect. I run a business, Im not perfect but Im honest and I respect all of my customers. I dont care if they spend  a dollar or a thousand. I have spent a hour or more on a person and they say I must buy something for your time. I say no way. They always come back again and that meens they respect me and I did my job. And you will have a friend for life. Ok Im done, next.. Be good .. Have a good Christmas. Thanks for listening

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Okay, here’s a weird one for you irrigation afficionados: I’ve never experienced an actual loss of smell with chronic sinusitis but for some reason each time I follow Can Do’s peroxide irrigation technique, I get the strongest whiff of potting soil.  Any ideas what this is about? BTW,  I’ve found I have better luck doing this if I lay on my back on my bed with my head hanging off.

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Janine, I also experience a weird smell from the peroxide/baking soda combination. It stays with me for most of the day. Are you able to flood your sinuses? I have never done it on my back. I might do one just to test that position. Is there a lot of foam? Any blood in the discharge? Do you feel better or worse after a sinus flooding? How many have you done, and when did you start? Hope you don’t mind the questions. I am really hoping that it really helps your sinus disease and makes you feel great. CanDo. "Janine Maves" <jma…@earthlink.net> wrote in message

news:i_KFb.9589$wL6.6012@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay, here’s a weird one for you irrigation afficionados: > I’ve never experienced an actual loss of smell with chronic sinusitis but > for some reason each time I follow Can Do’s peroxide irrigation technique, I > get the strongest whiff of potting soil.  Any ideas what this is about? > BTW,  I’ve found I have better luck doing this if I lay on my back on my bed > with my head hanging off.

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Oh, I forgot. Janine, That took a lot of courage and imagination on your part, especially finding your own way of doing the "upside down" flooding. Congratulations on overcoming the obstacles and doing it your way! Regards, CanDo.

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Hi, I must be doing the can do wrong. How many ounces or mm. should go in? I fill up each side but I can not seem to get it to go in the sinus. Unless it is and I cant feel it. Also my cat scan shows the left side filled with something but the doc was unsure what. Cat scan showed right side ok frontal sinuses a little bad he said. My problem is maxillary with upper teeth pain that sometimes is very bad. So what happens if the maxillary fills with the solution and does not exit? Is that possible. I did do the can do about 7 weeks ago and it worked great but I just lay on my back and hang over the bed. Little foam. no blood. I guess I just need to know the quanity of solution (without spillage) that it takes to know if the sinuses are saturated. Otherwise I think Im just filling the nose only…. Thank you, Please let me know.

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=== > Jimmy, you wrote: "Hi, I must be doing the can do wrong. How many ounces or mm. should go in? I fill up each side but I can not seem to get it to go in the sinus. Unless it is and I cant feel it." <=== When I do the "upside down" flooding, I really can’t feel the liquid in my sinuses, after it is in there. The total fluid I use for one flooding is about 55ml or about 2 liquid ounces. ===> You also wrote: "So what happens if the maxillary fills with the

solution and does not exit? Is that possible." <=== If liquid goes in, I don’t understand why it would not be able come out. If I had some liquid trapped in my sinuses I would try different positions of my head until I found one where it would drain out. It’s all a matter of gravity, and having the opening in the right position. ===> You also wrote: "I  did do the can do about 7 weeks ago and it worked

great but I just lay on my back and hang over the bed. Little foam. no blood. I guess I just need to know the quanity of solution (without spillage) that it takes to know if the sinuses are saturated. Otherwise I think Im just filling the nose only…. Thank you, Please let me know. " <=== I’ve used the "upside down" flooding process to control and heal my sinus disease for well over two years, successfully. My sinuses feel great every day. They are wide open, relaxed, without any discomfort at all 24 hours per day, each and every day. Mind you, this came after over thirty years of sinus disease, sinus surgery, and countless antibiotics. My sinuses were a wreck! Now they are not. I have never done the flooding in any other position than with the top of my bald head fully down on the floor of my shower. My elbows are bent, and my forearms are down on the shower floor. My head is between my forearms, near the wrists. I don’t know if this position gets the anti-infective fluid into all sinus cavities, but I feel that it gives me the best chance to get the fluid into the most sinus areas, where it can fight the infection. I hope that this helps. Best of the holidays to you!

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Janine Maves wrote: > Okay, here’s a weird one for you irrigation afficionados: > I’ve never experienced an actual loss of smell with chronic sinusitis but > for some reason each time I follow Can Do’s peroxide irrigation technique, I > get the strongest whiff of potting soil.  Any ideas what this is about?

When I get a "decay" smell in my sinuses, it’s a sure sign of an acute sinus infection. the smell that I get is that of rotting meat. — Steven L.

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I fill a plastic bottle with about three ounces of warm filtered water, a pinch of sea salt, pinch of baking powder and a few drops of peroxide.  I don’t use all of it.  It also seemed that I only filled my nose the first time I tried it, but it seems to be that I’m making a little more "progress" each day I repeat the irrigation.   (As to drainage, I would think having trace amounts of peroxide solution trapped in a sinus cavity would be less harmful than pus in the long run.) My CT scan also showed left maxillary side filled with infection . . . in fact I always wondered if I needed all the dental work I had on the upper left side, as I’ve continued to have pain up there even after two root canals.  I wonder if the oral surgeon would’ve just moved on down, doing one tooth every few months if I’d let her? "Jim Jam" <jimmy14…@webtv.net> wrote in message

news:18872-3FE78AD0-442@storefull-2212.public.lawson.webtv.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, I must be doing the can do wrong. How many ounces or mm. should go > in? I fill up each side but I can not seem to get it to go in the sinus. > Unless it is and I cant feel it. Also my cat scan shows the left side > filled with something but the doc was unsure what. Cat scan showed right > side ok frontal sinuses a little bad he said. My problem is maxillary > with upper teeth pain that sometimes is very bad. So what happens if the > maxillary fills with the solution and does not exit? Is that possible. I > did do the can do about 7 weeks ago and it worked great but I just lay > on my back and hang over the bed. Little foam. no blood. I guess I just > need to know the quanity of solution (without spillage) that it takes to > know if the sinuses are saturated. Otherwise I think Im just filling the > nose only…. Thank you, Please let me know.

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