[health] sinuses

[wispfox]

My sinuses are evil. This is the third time of more or less exactly the same sinus related syptoms since Falcon Ridge in August, when this started. So, today, I get to talk to my Primary Care Physician to see what can be done. I'm really rather tired of the random dizziness and exhaustion and sinus headache and other stuff, and want it to _stop_ already.

I do wish my body had been able to get rid of this on its own, though!

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I thought it was for symptoms, myself, but now I have no idea. I shall have to ask my doctor when I see her later today.

The info thingy in the container seems to imply that it's for symptoms, and it also says it's a corticosteroid.

[wolfkitn.livejournal.com]

it -is- for symptoms. but the way it was explained to me is this: it reduces inflammation, and to really do that it has to be there for a couple days. my physical experience of it was that my sinuses opened up a little the first day, more the second day, and by the third day i was able to blow my nose. the first day i could barely get the stuff up there. so i stop using it as soon as i think i can work the rest of the symptoms out on my own, but if the inflammation comes back, i use it again.

my GP wanted me to use it every day, and i said heck no! believe me -- i hate taking medicine... but i have allergies to 3 types of anti's due to having them overprescribed to me when i was younger. when i started limiting my use of them, my overall immune system seemed to improve greatly. so if i can keep myself from needing antibiotics, i'll do that, with the hopes that something i'm not allergic to will still work when i actually need to kill off something icky.

in any event, ymmv. :) good luck! i'm curious to hear what your GP says.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Ah...

See, my problem was not that I was stuffed up in my nose, but that my _sinuses_ are/were.

I very rarely can't breathe out my nose, and sinus infections don't do that to me. But then, I also don't tend to have sinus infections _stick around_.

And my GP gave me antibiotics. :) Totally as expected.