I have chronic sinus for more than 15 years and i have over come
and now living without surgery and i seldom take pain killers.
some aspect of self treating and living with sinus you need to
know so that you don't need surgery.
1) Cut down citrus juicy. althought it has antioxident
but it is also your body of getting rid of waste and as such citrus
juicy produce mucus in sinus....So if you are having sinus
infection hold off juicy for a while.
There are vitamin C fruits that are less citrus such as
Papaya or Apple.
2)...there are 2 types of nasal irrigation. neti Tea pot.
pressure jet and draining type.
Draining type the pot basically look like a tea pot and you use
warm water and salt solution to drain one side of the noise to the
other side. Drain off mucus and it clear your
nasal and most importantly clear your nasal hair and
passage way of sticky muscus that built up bacteria.
Pressured type you basically insert the noise pcs into
oneside of the noise and squeeze the bottle the water will
shoot up into your nasal passage and clean up mucus on the other
side.
But be warmed there is a surge of pressured into your sinus that
might affect your inner ear.
used it twice a day.....before you go to sleep and morning
before you start your day.
Sometime your sinus swell and it is painful for you to use the
neti pot. your sinus has already infected with bacteria. You
may have apply neti pot and you still find painful on sinus
if your sinus is swellon and your mucus is stuck you need to
either reduce the swell or drain off the mucus.
in such a case i uses fisherman breath .......it help to
melt the mucus. discovered by accident.
Doctor treatment......
i once read an article that doctor and insert a ballon on your
nasal passage to avoid the closure of the passage that result in
swelling. That case mucus can always drain off.....
In the past sinus problems was my monthly affair these
days.....once or twice a year.
and i cut down on antibiotics and pain killers.
good luck.