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Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
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Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#42Flush your sinuses with baby shampoo. It’s the only thing that has relieved the pressure long term for me. https://www.bcm.edu/news/new-ways-to-flush-sinus-infection
Please take this as surprise and curiosity:
HOW IS THIS A THING??
Have you noticed any side effects? Do you have to use sterilized water? How do you do the actual flushing??
Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#43This is meat, and I'll be forwarding it to my ENT and allergist. I have chronic sinus issues that so far have yet to respond to much.
I used to have serious sinus issues but these days it's mostly fine. What changed everything for me was Yogic nose cleansing, running body temperatured salt water through the sinuses on a daily basis. The first few weeks I had really weird stuff coming out with the water, definitely not something you'd want clogged up in your sinuses.
Yep. When my Dr. diagnosed sinusitis, he suggested trying Neti Pot. It helps a lot.
Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you smoke anything? I quit smoking everything because of similar symptoms and it all went away after a month of coughing heavier than when I smoked. Try going “ha!”, “hoah!”, “huh!”. Any help?
No, I don't smoke. And I've been coughing for three years. :/ [edit: Sometimes when I cough there is a tearing sensation. If this happens, I generally interpret it as phlegm being dislodged from a place where my coughing wasn't getting it before. I will generally devote a lot of extra effort to coughing at that point. No effect overall, though. A couple of times I've brought up blood spots after some particularly ded…
Any autoimmune problems? Thick fluids can be a sign of cystic fibrosis and similar non-fun.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you tried an elimination diet to check whether it could be a reaction to something you're consuming?
I've tried the following things: - Claritin - Flonase - Ranitidine (Zantac) - Omeprazole - A diet based around avoiding things that "might" cause heartburn. This list included literally everything I eat; this project had to be abandoned. But for a while there I was basically only eating chicken soup and milk. - An allergy battery (negative on all tests) - Nasal irrigation - Mucinex
Try Pantoprazole.
I had the same issue, and it didn't respond to Inexium (PPI) but cleared up totally with Pantoprazole.
Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you tried an elimination diet to check whether it could be a reaction to something you're consuming?
I've tried the following things: - Claritin - Flonase - Ranitidine (Zantac) - Omeprazole - A diet based around avoiding things that "might" cause heartburn. This list included literally everything I eat; this project had to be abandoned. But for a while there I was basically only eating chicken soup and milk. - An allergy battery (negative on all tests) - Nasal irrigation - Mucinex
Maybe try eliminating the dairy products for a couple weeks just to see? Some people find that they cause phlegm but it varies by individual.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've tried the following things: - Claritin - Flonase - Ranitidine (Zantac) - Omeprazole - A diet based around avoiding things that "might" cause heartburn. This list included literally everything I eat; this project had to be abandoned. But for a while there I was basically only eating chicken soup and milk. - An allergy battery (negative on all tests) - Nasal irrigation - Mucinex
Try Pantoprazole. I had the same issue, and it didn't respond to Inexium (PPI) but cleared up totally with Pantoprazole.
I'm on pantoprazole now. (The Mucinex is also current.) I just hadn't listed it due to classing it with omeprazole.
The ranitidine, omeprazole, and pantoprazole are all intended to treat pain[1] from heartburn, and they've all worked at first and gradually lost effectiveness. (While still being mostly effective, just not totally effective.)
However, going without heartburn pain for weeks at a time has not helped my throat. When this didn't work, the gastroenterologist put a sensor down my throat for a day to record pH levels, and reported the results to me with "good news! You don't have heartburn!"
Of course, I do have heartburn. The response to "in that case, what does it mean that I have this burning chest pain after eating which is immediately relieved by tums?" was "well, some people are more sensitive to acid than others".
(I have many classic symptoms of acid reflux, including minor regurgitation of food after eating, "globus sensation" (feeling of a ball in the throat) when swallowing, and of course burning pain in the chest.)
But I continue the heartburn medication anyway, because heartburn hurts and I independently want to avoid it. :/
[1] Actually, they're intended to suppress the acid itself, not the pain you feel from exposure to it.
Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, I don't smoke. And I've been coughing for three years. :/ [edit: Sometimes when I cough there is a tearing sensation. If this happens, I generally interpret it as phlegm being dislodged from a place where my coughing wasn't getting it before. I will generally devote a lot of extra effort to coughing at that point. No effect overall, though. A couple of times I've brought up blood spots after some particularly ded…
Any autoimmune problems? Thick fluids can be a sign of cystic fibrosis and similar non-fun.
None that I'm aware of. Would this be the only manifestation?
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#49Re: Strong humming for one hour daily to terminate chronic rhinosinusitis (2006)
#50An hour a day is a lot. However, as someone who suffers from allergies and is not able to control symptoms with allergy medications alone, I am willing to give it a try (although this method is intended to treat irritation from fungus). Incidentally, this reminds me of something very similar for treating COPD called the "Lung Flute". It also works by using low frequency vibrations to clear the airways in the lungs. h…
Have you tied immunotherapy? It's become much easier in the USA recently with the arrival of allergy drops. see Wyndly Health https://www.wyndly.com