Sinus infections with pain and pressure are all-too-common this time of the year. Please join Kathy and me as we reveal:
- Why your sinus infection may not be an infection al all
- What many doctors (even ENTs) may miss when treating sinusitis
- How to treat your sinus symptoms without using antibiotics
- How sinus pain may be linked to anxiety
- Alternative ways of treating your sinus condition.
Shownotes:
Heal Your Headache by Dr. David Buchholz
Sleep Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired
Pepsin and H. pylori in maxillary sinus
Macrolide antibiotics and anti-inflammatory properties
Biaxin and chronic sinusitis in Japanese study
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
Unstuff your stuffy nose free report
Janet Bennet of ijustwanttosleep.com
The comments about reflux contributing to sinusitis made me wonder if changes to posture during sleep (head elevated) and intermittent fasting (avoiding eating several hours before bedtime) might help. I’m a long time CPAP user recently having difficulty with sinusitis and poor sleep. Listened to the entire podcast hoping there would be more discussion of this reflux observation, but there wasn’t
Mr. Line,
Your suggestions can be tried and can help some people, but if it doesn’t work, then treating any underlying breathing problems may be the next step. The main point I wanted to make is that conservative anti-reflux measures can help, but most people will need to address sleep-breathing issues due to our narrowed upper airway anatomy. Good luck.