The illness thread

**bishop** · 11th June 2006, 12:54 PM

ocean just adds moisture to your nasal cavity.. it's good for someone like me who lives in a really dry apartment (forced hot air kills all the moisture in the winter - causing me to get all sorts of nosebleeds). it won't do anything to help with allergies and the congestion caused by allergies.

both flonase and zyrtec are prescription, but if you have medical benefits it shouldn't be a problem to persuade the doc to get you some. (as long as you don't mind the hassle of having to go to the doctor.) flonase does a very good job of alleviating the sinus pressure, by slowly breaking up all the shit in your head. it also doesn't have any side-effects. zyrtec pretty much does the same, except you get drowsiness as a side-effect. i take it when i really need it, because it clears up every allergic reaction i ever get.

(and, i used to have to get injections twice a week when i was in elementary school because my allergies were so bad. i'm allergic to lots of different types of grass and trees - unfortunately the most common ones.)

i'd try taking claritin if you don't feel like going to the doctor, although claritin sucks imo..

**Nono** · 11th June 2006, 03:53 PM

Chris, I've told you all this on another thread sometime in the past. But what the hell.

By a bottle of saline solution, or make your own (99 parts distilled water, 1 part salt).

Use some spray or other gunk that opens the sinuses up.

When they're nice and open, do as Pat said, lying on your back with your head down. But pour the solution in through one nostril and let it slosh around in there. (I had a pinch of Listerine to the saline solution as a combination disinfectant and solvent). Then go to the sink and blow it all out. If it's yellowish or greenish, you have an infection.

Anyway, it's the equivalent of cleaning an infected wound.

**Chris** · 11th June 2006, 07:10 PM

Ill have to make a doctors visit sometime soon. Its only green in the mornings but then its clear.

I used to get shots when I was a kid too. I remember when I went to go get tested - it was a nightmare. 50 pricks in the back and 9 shots in each arm, and then drawing blood.

I had to get a weekly shot after that as well as take pills. Maybe allegra might help, Ill ask the doctor.
And Nono dont you mean, lie on your stomach?

**PatrickHenry** · 11th June 2006, 07:15 PM

|Chris| I would say lie prone on your front, but on the back might work too. I've done this numerous times is the reason I recommend it. The sinuses above the nose in the forehead usually drain more easily, but the ones under the eyes have no outlets below. Thus the inverted position...

**bishop** · 11th June 2006, 10:35 PM

Quote by: |Chris|

Ill have to make a doctors visit sometime soon. Its only green in the mornings but then its clear.

I used to get shots when I was a kid too. I remember when I went to go get tested - it was a nightmare. 50 pricks in the back and 9 shots in each arm, and then drawing blood.

I had to get a weekly shot after that as well as take pills. Maybe allegra might help, Ill ask the doctor.
And Nono dont you mean, lie on your stomach?

heh.. yeah, the needle test.. each needle containing a different allergent to see what you had a reaction to.

i wonder if the people offering holistic solutions had/have allergies as bad as we do.. when i was younger, it would get to the point where i'd have something close to an asthma attack - while trying to rip my eyes out because of the itching.. (cuz when you really have bad sinuses, it's not just in your nasal cavity, but also in your eyes.)

i always joke that whenever i buy a place, that i'm going to put pavement over the lawn.. it's a joke, but there's definitely some truthful desire behind the joke.

**Chris** · 12th June 2006, 12:00 AM

Yeah, the lawns up there aren't as big as they are down here (the will to excess)

**Mia** · 12th June 2006, 01:36 AM

Didn't we already have a thread on this?

**Nono** · 12th June 2006, 12:42 PM

Quote by: Mia

Didn't we already have a thread on this?

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Chris, I've told you all this on another thread sometime in the past.

Quote by: Chris

Its only green in the mornings but then its clear.

Then it's infected, though not badly so. It's green (pus) in the morning because the membrane dries out while you're sleeping (and not drinking enough water) and, as Pat says, not in the right position for gravity to draw the stuff out.

Something to humidify the air in your bedroom might help. The saline solution certainly would.

One shouldn't take antibiotics at the drop of a hat, but don't let an infection drag on.

**Rive** · 12th June 2006, 12:51 PM

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I don't know if its allergies or what, but my sinuses have been giving me hell lately. Clogged up crazy! I have so far only tried Sutafed and it has had no effect. All flavors of Sutafed have absolutely zero effect.

So can anyone recommend anything for me besides pinching my nostrils and closing my eyes and blowing out through my nose to unblock pressure. I think if I try that too hard it can damage the eustachian tube... but I am no medical expert.

This shit is starting to piss me off.

eat some fresh horseradish. Not in like a sauce or anything, just straight up, ground with vinegar. That will clean you out (and burn your mouth like a sonovabitch)