Sinusitis FAQ

Grossan unit and antibiotics

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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 02:03:38 GMT, charleswo…@access1.net wrote: >I ended up having 3 sinus >surgeries within a 2 year time period – awful! Sinus surgery is a horror >that you should AVOID!!

You obviously had a bad experience with surgery but the results of sinus surgery are very variable. My surgery was painless and entirely successful. Steve — ——————————————————– Stephen Wolstenholme:  Neural Network Software Neural-Planner     NeuroDiet      EasyNN http://www.tropheus.demon.co.uk

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In article <358902ba.934641@news>,   st…@tropheus.demon.co.uk wrote: > You obviously had a bad experience with surgery but the results of > sinus surgery are very variable. My surgery was painless and entirely > successful. > Steve

Well, I now have to irrigate regularly and I have scar tissue to boot. Perhaps I could have AVOIDED surgery by irrigating.??? And I would have avoided scar tissue plus alot of pain and grief. I regret rushing into my first sinus surgery without even trying the irrigation FIRST.  Now I will never know if I could have been helped by irrigation alone.  My second ENT told me about the husband of a patient of his who had a WORSE sinus condition than the wife who DID have the sinus surgery. The husband did not want to have any sinus surgery so he just did the irrigation with the Grossan tip & water pik and his condition improved dramatically.  Yes, each case is different and people have different outcomes with the surgery.  I just want people to TRY irrigation before rushing into sinus surgery. I must say after my septoplasty revision and sub-mucous re-section of turbinates, I can breathe correctly!!! Yes surgery has it’s value and it’s place – it is just not the panacea or cure-all many people wish it was. I learned that the hard way. —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/   Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading

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In article <6m9shq$dm…@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,   charleswo…@access1.net wrote: > Hey there! > Do your own test – TRY a wet towel and if that helps you then > you are not having serious sinus problems. For the rest of us, > we mostly all swear by irrigation!

I think if my sinus problems were sufficiently SEVERE to have me post to a sinusitis newsgroup I might resent somebody else telling me that I can’t be suffering too much. > Sinus surgery is a horror that you should AVOID!!

Of course you SHOULD avoid surgery, but it is not the horror you suggest (or at least it wasn’t for me, I try not to fall into the trap of believing that my experience will be an acurate predictor of that of others.) I don’t mean to appear argumentative, I agree completely with Shelley that irrigation can be very helpful. I just tend to shy away from anything touted by somebody on a "crusade". Paul —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/   Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading

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Ploppy2 (plop…@aol.com) writes: >>But some major hospital ENT suggest >>the hot wet towel method as giving equal or better resul > What are the risks?

———————— Don’t recall the details but: –Various damage from pressurized water. –Spreading the infection via same. –Ear infections [see above]. None of this is supposed to happen if the device is used correctly, however, and some people swear by it.

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 (charleswo…@access1.net) writes: >> Never heard of this before, but based on how awful I have felt whenever I >> accidently had water get into my nose (such in a swimming pool), it does not >> sound like something I would want to try. >  NASAL IRRIGATION  is so important! If you have read this newsgroup > for more than a day, you have to have heard of the water pik & G-tip!! > Whoever wrote that the water pik & G-tip is not safe and that > a warm wet towel works better is way off base or else has never really > had serious sinus problems!

I was the one who posted that and I have had sinus problems for over 40 years.  Irrigation has beeen around for much longer than the grossan method, and other irrigation methods are considered safer.  But some major hospital ENT suggest the hot wet towel method as giving equal or better results]with less with less risk.

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> I was the one who posted that and I have had sinus problems for > over 40 years.  Irrigation has beeen around for much longer > than the grossan method, and other irrigation methods are > considered safer.  But some major hospital ENT suggest > the hot wet towel method as giving equal or better results]with less > with less risk.

Hey there! Well don’t believe everything you hear or read.  My FIRST ENT never even stressed the importance of irrigation to me. Do your own test – TRY a wet towel and if that helps you then you are not having serious sinus problems. For the rest of us, we mostly all swear by irrigation! I highly reccommend nasal washing or irrigation for anyone with sinus problems.  I am on a crusade to share with others what has helped me with my sinus problems. I sufferered for years – went to many docs – took tons of antibiotics! Then my  sinus infections became chronic and they eventually became unresponsive to antibiotics. Scary!  I ended up having 3 sinus surgeries within a 2 year time period – awful! Sinus surgery is a horror that you should AVOID!! . Most doctors are completely unaware of how much help a safe, simple & cheap thing like nasal washing can be.  My first ENT didn’t even STRESS the importance of it to me!  Remember doctors aren’t doing HEALTH care, they are doing DISEASE care and are very ‘disease oriented’.  If more people solved their sinus problems with washing, clean diet, good supplements etc. these docs would have to go begging for customers!! UN-salted water IS painful in the nose – but with rrigation, the water is warm & salted & with a pinch of baking soda to "buffer" it.  Nasal washing is actually very SOOTHING and refreshing.  If you have stagnant mucous or an infection, you want to get that stuff OUT of your nose!!  You feel tremendous relief! No it is not painful but it takes some getting used to.  You may find the sensation of water in the nose strange at first. But it is such a wonderful theraputic practice that if you suffer sinus problems, this will help you so much that  you will come to LOVE it. It is your choice – why not TRY it and if doesn’t help you, you can STOP—yikes!!! it is not written in stone that you HAVE to continue!!.  And it is COMPLETELY safe and natural. Try to keep an open mind and you will be amazed what you can learn! Shelley —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/   Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading

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