Sinusitis FAQ

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Question:

I am the same. My nose tends to swell shut. Actually, the heating does not even need to come on for me. Just closing the windows does that trick within minutes.  The nsose will even become painful for a while (then he pain goes away as some sort of equlibrium is reached). However, once it gets really cold and the heat flows in a dry manner, it is somehat better.  Perhaps the really dry heat kills off the mold etc…..

Response:

I bought special covers for my mattress and pillows that were supposed to be helpful for allergy sufferers.  They better be, considering what they cost me.  I also am using an electrostatic precipitator type of air cleaner in the bedroom as well as in the living room.  Seems to help a little bit, if I keep the plates clean.  I did try a HEPA type of filter in the bedroom, but my wife didn’t like the cold draft the fan produced.  I will try running a warm mist humidifier in the bedroom just to see if I get good results. As for cleaning out my air ducts, is there a web site or something that I can go to which will show me how to do this?  Also, I did put a HEPA filter on the air intake for my furnace.  I’m now looking to put filters on all my registers. Thanks a lot for the useful info. "shofabaug" <bohic…@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:vrdomh4nio3683@corp.supernews.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m still rather new to nasal irrigation as well as learning about > sinusitis.  I started irrigating this past March, and have noticed that my > breathing has improved a lot over the summer.  However, now that the cold > weather has arrived, my sinus problems have returned full force. > It sounds crazy, but, my sinus problems returned pretty much the very day we > turned the heat back on for the season.  The same thing applies to my > daughter.  It seems like every winter, I go through this. > What happens is that when I’m indoors or whenever I go lie down, my nose > will get plugged up.  The colder it gets outside, the worse my sinuses get > when I’m inside.  If I get outside, my sinuses will clear up.  Once I go > back inside, they’re back to being plugged up. > My doc says this could just be that I’m sensitive to changes in the weather, > or, it could be allergies.  In either case, does anyone have any suggestions > as to other things I can do to try clearing my sinuses during the winter?

Response:

You know, it seems the same way with me.  Could be sensitive to the petrochemicals if you have oil heating.  Winters are terrible for me. I always hated them but since I had this nose surgery, the season is just pure torture. in article vrdomh4nio3…@corp.supernews.com, shofabaug at bohic…@yahoo.com wrote on 11/15/03 9:43 PM: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m still rather new to nasal irrigation as well as learning about > sinusitis.  I started irrigating this past March, and have noticed that my > breathing has improved a lot over the summer.  However, now that the cold > weather has arrived, my sinus problems have returned full force. > It sounds crazy, but, my sinus problems returned pretty much the very day we > turned the heat back on for the season.  The same thing applies to my > daughter.  It seems like every winter, I go through this. > What happens is that when I’m indoors or whenever I go lie down, my nose > will get plugged up.  The colder it gets outside, the worse my sinuses get > when I’m inside.  If I get outside, my sinuses will clear up.  Once I go > back inside, they’re back to being plugged up. > My doc says this could just be that I’m sensitive to changes in the weather, > or, it could be allergies.  In either case, does anyone have any suggestions > as to other things I can do to try clearing my sinuses during the winter?

Response:

Doesn’t sound crazy at all.  Is the indoor heat making your house too dry?  I know I need some humidity for things to work properly.  Just a thought…I’m sure the others here will have some more ideas for you. Susan

Response:

Same exact thing happens to me. I finally found the problem was the furnace blowing dust around and when the house was built someone used about 10 feet of the basement floor joists as the return air duct. (Just wood no metal) anyways there was so much dust in there so I cleaned it all out and keep the humidity at no lower than 35% nor higher than 50%. I had dustmites   and allergen test. They were very high. I cleaned everything. Now I only use the steroid nasal spray rarely. It took me 2 years to find the problem. I would turn the furnace on and within 1 hour I was clogged up. This might not be your situation, but you might want to check. Duct cleaning was done but it was a ripoff. They missed 95% of it when I did it myself. I had to cut the ductwork in the basement to clean it all good. But it was worth the time and I know its done right. I no longer take claritin, clarinex, of zrytec. I did also put dustmite pillow cases and mattress/boxspring covers on and cleaned the bedroom of most dust. I used a dustmite killer on carpet and a allergen solution down. I would say the combination was the key because I got better over a period of 5 days. Keep bedroom no lower than 35% or higher than 50% humidity. Warm mist humidifier (not cool mist) Get a humidstat. Hope this helps. good luck I also use a hepa filter in bedroom with the door closed when Im not there. If you dust wear a dust mask

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I’m still rather new to nasal irrigation as well as learning about sinusitis.  I started irrigating this past March, and have noticed that my breathing has improved a lot over the summer.  However, now that the cold weather has arrived, my sinus problems have returned full force. It sounds crazy, but, my sinus problems returned pretty much the very day we turned the heat back on for the season.  The same thing applies to my daughter.  It seems like every winter, I go through this. What happens is that when I’m indoors or whenever I go lie down, my nose will get plugged up.  The colder it gets outside, the worse my sinuses get when I’m inside.  If I get outside, my sinuses will clear up.  Once I go back inside, they’re back to being plugged up. My doc says this could just be that I’m sensitive to changes in the weather, or, it could be allergies.  In either case, does anyone have any suggestions as to other things I can do to try clearing my sinuses during the winter?

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