not much help, I know....
At 05:12 AM 11/10/2010, Gar Lipow wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:29 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Posters and lurkers....
> >
> > ...I have been battling some kind of virus since mid-August.
> >
> > It started as a cold & sinus infection. One week of penicillin ended
> the sinus infection, but something sinusy has been continuing since then
> with intermittent stuffiness, sniffles, mild headaches, fatigue, etc.
> >
> > Though energy is getting better, sniffles diminishing, headaches
> waning....it still nibbles at the edges, causing havoc in many different
> ways: last week it was conjunctivitis (pink eye), which is kinda
> responding to antibiotic eyedrops, but is not totally gone. Also, ulcery
> stuff. The sinusy stuff comes and it goes, wrecking something different
> each time it reappears.
> >
> > Went to the doctor who said: ears clear, lungs clear, blood tests
> OK....it's viral; nothing we can do about it.
> >
> > Went to the acupuncturist who said, you're not really sick; you're just
> tired.
> >
> > I'm getting so frustrated with this, I could scream.
> >
> > I have some flunase (steroid nose stuff) I could use to dry out sinuses
> and see if all this secondary bacterial stuff goes away.
> >
> > Otherwise....anyone out there have any experience with this? I do get
> mild allergies...but these wouldn't normally be accompanied by secondary
> infections.....right?
> >
> > Sigh,
> >
> > Joanna
>OK I have a friend to who does the following to nuke persistant colds
>from orbit:
>
>1) for nose and sinus
>You might pick up Neilmed saline solution bottles. Like neti pots only
>more volume. Overpriced but not easy to duplicate. Basically just a
>plastic squeeze bottle sized to put a high volume of saline solution
>from one nostril to another. Washes the stuff out of the sinuses
>better than either standard saline solution or even standard neti
>pots. The "patent" saline solution is just a standard mixture of
>baking soda and salt like earnosethroad people recommended for years.
>But for prolonged one time use, that is daily use for a few weeks or a
>month, probably better just to buy the $25 commercial product.
>
>2) For ears hydrogen peroxide in each ear. Google to find out how to
>do this effectively.
>
>3) Gargle with listerine - 60 seconds instead of 30 if you can stand it.
>
>Don't guarantee that this won't kill you. I do the Neilmed and
>listerine myself, but never tried the peroxide in ear. I understand
>that if you have harded wax in your ears peroxide can cause real
>problems. I think some people use olive oil to soften wax first.
>Again this part I have not tried.
>
>The idea is that by applying antiseptics to mouth and throat, nose and
>sinuses, plus ears, you are killing bacteria and some viruses and also
>washing out them out so your body has fewer to fight. The flonase
>reduces inflamation but this other stuff washes some of the viruses
>out and kills others. Not a doctors and could be totally quack stuff.
>On the other hand the Neilmed was reccomended to me by an
>earnosethroat specialists, and the listerine works for me when
>starting to get sore throat. And I have friends who swear by the
>hydrogen peroxide. Might be worth a shot.
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