I got sent away from the GPs with antibiotics for sinus infection for years until a locum GP pointed out it was more likely to be cluster headaches (easily confused, apparently).
― djh, Friday, 19 April 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
ive had a world of these over the past couple of years. docs are constantly trying to stab people with steroids these days. WTH
― (from a bottle you dicks) (sunny successor), Friday, 19 April 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
Do cluster headaches come with blood and pus?
Suffering horribly with this atm. I get 2 or 3 really nasty ones every year. I can't tolerate the sprays etc., so steam and paracetamol is about all I do.
Me=tooslow
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Friday, 19 April 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
No. Pain on one side of the face and a curious blocked nose on one side.
― djh, Saturday, 20 April 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
This is definitely a sinus infection then!
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Saturday, 20 April 2013 10:07 (ten years ago) link
Try that machine I posted upthread. It probably sounds a bit "it really works!" but read the reviews and check the rating.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Saturday, 20 April 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
Thanks LG, but it's a bit outside my price range o.O
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Saturday, 20 April 2013 11:32 (ten years ago) link
i basically have them all the time since 2005, had the operation and stuff, that's why it's a bit of an ordeal, and the doc ends up telling you stuff you know won't work. apparently in the uk they no longer recommend antibiotics for them.
That's awful. I had the operation on them and it was very painful, it would be very frustrating to have that done and then find out it didn't help.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:21 (ten years ago) link
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Saturday, April 20, 2013
this is $9.99
http://www.natlallergy.com/images/400/sinucleanse-squeeze.jpg
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Saturday, 20 April 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah by all accounts those work pretty well too. despite my total lack of faith in the doc, the two days of steroid spray, irrigation, and anti-histamines seem to be working. i still feel a bit wrecked but i swear my sinuses are calming down.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Sunday, 21 April 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
http://goldenageofmusicvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MagnusPyke.jpgSinus!
― Oulipo Traces (on a Cigarette) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 May 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
I'm not big on medicating the heck out of things, but after several bad allergy-related sinus infections I just don't mess around any more. Claritin every day to keep the allergies at bay, and if/when I get any congestion from any cause, I hammer it with decongestants (the kind you have to show a photo ID to buy so they can make sure you're not making meth). And if there's any sign of actual infection -- persistent pain, greenish gunk -- straight to the antibiotics. In my experience, they do not go away on their own, and they will make your life miserable.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
(And neti pots or other sinus washes are good too, but useless once you have an infection. They'll help clear out, but won't kill anything.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
jesse otm. I've started on exactly the same regime. In the past ometimes I've done saline spray or even got a scrip for Flonase which worked but at some point, no matter how careful I think I am, sooner or latter the bottle seems to get infected and then I reinfect myself.
― Oulipo Traces (on a Cigarette) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 May 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
so its a basin and hot water and a towel is it
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
suggest you add a tablespoon of vicks to the hot water, stir it til it melts and then breathe it in. Will help clear your head a bit.
― gyac, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
ty will try
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
Classic.
― It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
Had a nasty bout last month but some general 'off' sensations there lingered further after I finally stopped sneezing and it turns out...I have this:
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001641.htm
Gross but manageable so right now I'm living on Claritin and Flonase and etc until I see a specialist in a couple of weeks.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
AND SMOKING HURTS.
― the table is the table, Sunday, August 5, 2007 10:39 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
The truest complaint ^^
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
motherfuck, I haven't had one of these in 11 years, and it's kicking my ass for the last week.
just got antibiotics.
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
i was about to say...
the vision thing definitely happens. i've been batty-blind.
― the table is the table, Sunday, August 5, 2007 10:05 PM bookmarkflaglink
huh, this happened to me yesterday for 2 hours
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
i usually get like four of these a year but now that i work from home i haven’t been sick since february
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
I only previously got them when I lived in my old apt, which I was convinced had some kinda weird mold or shit hanging out that I couldn't find.
― LaRusso Auto (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
Dud
― Erdős-szám 69 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link