i know lots of us have sinusitis and here is an article i just read

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7294244.stm

i know lots of us have sinusitis and here is an article i just read

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7294244.stm

Unfortunately the overuse of antibiotics for viral infections is rampant. People, especially in Western countries, demand their doctors prescribe antibiotics for many viral upper respiratory infection. Parents are the worst offenders when it comes to this, when they are not happy with the doctor's treat the symptoms, rest, and fluid answer, they demand antibiotics and unfortunately doctors are so busy they just write the prescription. Since most antibiotics are given 7 or more days the patient thinks it was the antibiotics that did the trick. In reality if they would have waited the 7 days and treated themselves symptomatically, IE acetaminophen for aches and fever, Robitussin for cough, rest, and plenty of fluids, they get better.

It is for that reason that "Super Bugs" such as MRSA and VRSA that are heavily resistant to antibiotics have become prevelent enough to make the news. Antibiotics should be used for bacterial infections only.

Darrell

I had the most dreadful sinusitis until I stopped eating chocolate which, like everybody else, I love. But I really like being free of sinusitis for past several years!

I read this and think the writer is absolutely wrong. I suffer from sinusitus every year and it will not even shift without antibiotics. One year tried self treatment and my lungs began to fill with mucus and that looks really scary on the x-rays. The NHS is getting really tight with patient costs and whilst they will prescribe cheaper antibiotics readily, they will not prescribe newer more effective ones without a fight.

What I get from the article is no so much about sinusitis, but more about the overuse of antibiotics which IMHO is rampant. And you needing "newer and stronger" antibiotics is a bad sign. You may have a MRSA/VRSA/VRE infection in your future.

Darrell

actually, i suffer from sinusitis instigated by allergies every year around the time of the hamsin winds (hot dry with pressure drops just around the time when all the trees start their pollination stuff...

i cant use almost any antibiotic except for doxycillin or tertra so i do w/o any.... i use sudafed /ahiston (chlorephen. allergy stuff) type stuff, lots of hot compresses, saline washes, the thai balm stuff that is the cinnamin one... and blowing my nose as much as possible. advil for pain control (cant seem to get sinus tylenol anymore my mom used to ship it to me and the israeli versions dont do the same job. tiffy from thailand also doesnt seem to do the job.

now trying lorastine (loratadine) every day for allergy control will see what happens...

the best treatment for sinusitis is decapitation!!!

For lots of people, a NOSE BIDET can be the answer....serious !

http://images.google.nl/images?um=1&hl...G=Search+Images

http://www.oprah.com/health/oz/oz_20070426_350_105.jhtml

If you don't try it...you never know...

LaoPo

i know lots of us have sinusitis and here is an article i just read

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7294244.stm

It's a good posting and a valid article.

Wouldn't it be nice if doctors could actually come up with some helpful advice on treating sinusitis though? The advice given in the article is laughable though typical. How much pain have you got to be in before a condition is taken seriously!!!!

Personally, I think best treatment is prevention. I'd guess that the primary cause of sinusitis is nasal swelling, so for me it's judicious use of nasal decongestants, a nasal steroid and lots of nasal rinsing and avoidance of trigger factors.

And yes antibiotics work very well too for me.

Paracetemol, clarityn...... oh well if you say sooo!!!

What I get from the article is no so much about sinusitis, but more about the overuse of antibiotics which IMHO is rampant. And you needing "newer and stronger" antibiotics is a bad sign. You may have a MRSA/VRSA/VRE infection in your future.

Darrell

Yes, thinking about it, if they don't have bacterial sinusitis, what do they have ?, after all any cold virus would have been killed some time before.

So that being the case, it's more about the futility of the drugs being given, worrying indeed.

Can any health bod advise?