14th November 2002
Boy, I really sympathize with you. When I was a kid, I had so many sinus infections that I missed 40 days of school one year. That was about 10 years ago. The problem was that I was allergic to a lot of anti-biotics, so when the drs found one that worked for me, they prescribed it over and over and over again until I eventually became immune to it, and after each sinus infection it left over a little bit of bacteria which then developed into a huge cyst in my sinuses. I had to have it surgically removed. While they were reomving the cyst, they also drained my sinuses. I'll tell ya, before that I used to get 10-15 sinus infections per year. Now I have maybe 2 or 3 a year, at most. (knock wood!)
Has your ear nose and throat specialist thought about as a last resort, surgically draining your sinuses? Also, are you on any sort of decongestant to help dry out your sinuses? Even with a good anti-biotic, you are still going to have congestion if you don't use a decongestant. Do you have any sort of deviated septom which is not allowing your sinuses to fully drain?
As far as good anti-biotics go, you have certainly used some of my favorites! When I was a kid, the one that they always put me on was called Lorabid. That is a very good anti-biotic for sinus infections, provided that you don't use it every single time you get one! (as with all anti-biotics, you can develop an immunity to it if you take it too much, like I did.) One that my friend is taking right now for a sinus infection is called Omnicef. What about Keflex? That is a pretty strong anti-biotic. Or Clindamycin? (not exactly sur eif that is used for sinus infections or not though). Or Cipro???? Or Ceclor??? You just have to be very careful taking anti-biotics for so long, because it can cause bad stomach problems such as diverticulitis.
Have you been using any sort of saline nasal spray to help clean out your nasal passages? I definitely agree with the other poster who said that your doctor should culture your nose and see what kind of bacteria grows. That will help determine the best course of action.
I hope that you get to feeling better soon. I know how miserable a sinus infection can make you feel!
Take care,
Elyse
Has your ear nose and throat specialist thought about as a last resort, surgically draining your sinuses? Also, are you on any sort of decongestant to help dry out your sinuses? Even with a good anti-biotic, you are still going to have congestion if you don't use a decongestant. Do you have any sort of deviated septom which is not allowing your sinuses to fully drain?
As far as good anti-biotics go, you have certainly used some of my favorites! When I was a kid, the one that they always put me on was called Lorabid. That is a very good anti-biotic for sinus infections, provided that you don't use it every single time you get one! (as with all anti-biotics, you can develop an immunity to it if you take it too much, like I did.) One that my friend is taking right now for a sinus infection is called Omnicef. What about Keflex? That is a pretty strong anti-biotic. Or Clindamycin? (not exactly sur eif that is used for sinus infections or not though). Or Cipro???? Or Ceclor??? You just have to be very careful taking anti-biotics for so long, because it can cause bad stomach problems such as diverticulitis.
Have you been using any sort of saline nasal spray to help clean out your nasal passages? I definitely agree with the other poster who said that your doctor should culture your nose and see what kind of bacteria grows. That will help determine the best course of action.
I hope that you get to feeling better soon. I know how miserable a sinus infection can make you feel!
Take care,
Elyse