Allergy Sufferers

Question:

Jon, I have suffered with allergies for years I’ve been on just about every medication, have had sinus surgery to improve the air flow and have been on shots for the last year . . . After a particularly difficult sinus infection about a year ago a new ENT recommended sinus irrigation. It has given me more relief than everything else I’ve tried put together. Even at the worst part of the season I can irrigate with plain old salt water and breath for several hours before I clog up again. This has been especially helpful with the CPAP – I don’t know how I would have been able to use it some nights otherwise. I’ve managed to wean my self off of all the other drugs except an occasional shot of Rhinocort. There’s lots of discussion on irrigation at alt.support.sinusitis. There are a couple of doctors sites discussing the benefits that you can find pretty easily (I don’t have them right here or I’d include the URL’s). There’s also a good write up with information on buying equipment at: http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/davidson/NASHAND/nasal.htm#NASAL_IRRI… Some people think it’s a little weird, but every real allergy/sinus sufferer that I know who has tried it has found great relief. Regards, Stuart – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Jon N wrote: > I have had a cpap for about 2 years now, it took nearly a full year to get > used to it due to nasal allergies. In my non-allergy season, feb-sept here > in tampa, I take Zyrtec once per day and use 1 small shot of Afrin in each > nostril to clear the passages. This time of year, I switch to Allegra-d 2 x > daily and 2 big shots of Afrin at night. I get 3-5 hours of sleep before I > get so congested I wake up. I am about to go the allergy shot direction > again, I quit it 4 years ago when all it seemed to do was relieve me of $10 > every week. I use a bottle of Afrin about every 3 months, just tough it out > during the day. Has anyone had any success with a spray other than Afrin > type products? Doctors are useless, they tell me not to use it but not how > to breathe without it. Like some others have mentioned, I had always been a > mouth breather when sleeping. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Response:

Thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a try. Stuart Harris <stuarthar…@home.com> wrote in message

news:386FB5CD.DC5DBC5C@home.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Jon, > I have suffered with allergies for years I’ve been on just about every > medication, have had sinus surgery to improve the air flow and have been > on shots for the last year . . . After a particularly difficult sinus > infection about a year ago a new ENT recommended sinus irrigation. It > has given me more relief than everything else I’ve tried put together. > Even at the worst part of the season I can irrigate with plain old salt > water and breath for several hours before I clog up again. This has > been especially helpful with the CPAP – I don’t know how I would have > been able to use it some nights otherwise. I’ve managed to wean my self > off of all the other drugs except an occasional shot of Rhinocort. > There’s lots of discussion on irrigation at alt.support.sinusitis. > There are a couple of doctors sites discussing the benefits that you can > find pretty easily (I don’t have them right here or I’d include the > URL’s). There’s also a good write up with information on buying > equipment at:

http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/davidson/NASHAND/nasal.htm#NASAL_IRRI… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Some people think it’s a little weird, but every real allergy/sinus > sufferer that I know who has tried it has found great relief. > Regards, > Stuart > Jon N wrote: > > I have had a cpap for about 2 years now, it took nearly a full year to get > > used to it due to nasal allergies. In my non-allergy season, feb-sept here > > in tampa, I take Zyrtec once per day and use 1 small shot of Afrin in each > > nostril to clear the passages. This time of year, I switch to Allegra-d 2 x > > daily and 2 big shots of Afrin at night. I get 3-5 hours of sleep before I > > get so congested I wake up. I am about to go the allergy shot direction > > again, I quit it 4 years ago when all it seemed to do was relieve me of $10 > > every week. I use a bottle of Afrin about every 3 months, just tough it out > > during the day. Has anyone had any success with a spray other than Afrin > > type products? Doctors are useless, they tell me not to use it but not how > > to breathe without it. Like some others have mentioned, I had always been a > > mouth breather when sleeping. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Response:

I would second this. I use the Grossans Sinus Irrigator with a saline solution in a Water Pik twice a day and it helps greatly. I had nasal surgery a month and a half ago to remove severe nasal polyps and straighten my deviated septum. The sinus irrigator improved my recovery from this operation greatly — I’m guessing but I think two or three days lopped off the recovery time. I used it prior to the surgery and it helped me up to a point. I finally got so congested that nothing would help (except prednisone — but you cannot take this for more than a week or so). This is when I had the surgery, which was quite successful. On Sun, 02 Jan 2000 19:37:58 GMT, Stuart Harris – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<stuarthar…@home.com> wrote: > | Jon, > | > | I have suffered with allergies for years I’ve been on just about every > | medication, have had sinus surgery to improve the air flow and have been > | on shots for the last year . . . After a particularly difficult sinus > | infection about a year ago a new ENT recommended sinus irrigation. It > | has given me more relief than everything else I’ve tried put together. > | Even at the worst part of the season I can irrigate with plain old salt > | water and breath for several hours before I clog up again. This has > | been especially helpful with the CPAP – I don’t know how I would have > | been able to use it some nights otherwise. I’ve managed to wean my self > | off of all the other drugs except an occasional shot of Rhinocort. > | > | There’s lots of discussion on irrigation at alt.support.sinusitis. > | There are a couple of doctors sites discussing the benefits that you can > | find pretty easily (I don’t have them right here or I’d include the > | URL’s). There’s also a good write up with information on buying > | equipment at: > | > | > | http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/davidson/NASHAND/nasal.htm#NASAL_IRRI… > | > | Some people think it’s a little weird, but every real allergy/sinus > | sufferer that I know who has tried it has found great relief. > | > | Regards, > | Stuart > | > | Jon N wrote: > | > > | > I have had a cpap for about 2 years now, it took nearly a full year to get > | > used to it due to nasal allergies. In my non-allergy season, feb-sept here > | > in tampa, I take Zyrtec once per day and use 1 small shot of Afrin in each > | > nostril to clear the passages. This time of year, I switch to Allegra-d 2 x > | > daily and 2 big shots of Afrin at night. I get 3-5 hours of sleep before I > | > get so congested I wake up. I am about to go the allergy shot direction > | > again, I quit it 4 years ago when all it seemed to do was relieve me of $10 > | > every week. I use a bottle of Afrin about every 3 months, just tough it out > | > during the day. Has anyone had any success with a spray other than Afrin > | > type products? Doctors are useless, they tell me not to use it but not how > | > to breathe without it. Like some others have mentioned, I had always been a > | > mouth breather when sleeping. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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