sinus infection

[grassisgreener]

My daughter's sinus problems got way out of hand last year, infection after infection and eventually she had to have sinus surgery. After 8 weeks of antibiotics (not including the multiple rounds of abx prior to the 8 weeks), the ENT said her infection was so bad that it would have never gone away on its own. I felt like I got the run around from everyone, the CF clinic, the ped. even the ENT bc no one seemed to think much of her sinus troubles. It was SO frustrating. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken her to see an ENT much sooner to get the ball rolling sooner.

Anyway, here is an interesting link to CF Sinus info:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
">http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
</a>
BTW - even with all of her sinus infections (and some ear infections) it was HERE that I got the suggestions to give her a nasal steroid (to help control nasal congestion and shrink/avoid polyps) and sinus rinses (to clean out the thick gunk in her sinuses). Those 2 things alone have really helped make a difference.

 

[grassisgreener]

My daughter's sinus problems got way out of hand last year, infection after infection and eventually she had to have sinus surgery. After 8 weeks of antibiotics (not including the multiple rounds of abx prior to the 8 weeks), the ENT said her infection was so bad that it would have never gone away on its own. I felt like I got the run around from everyone, the CF clinic, the ped. even the ENT bc no one seemed to think much of her sinus troubles. It was SO frustrating. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken her to see an ENT much sooner to get the ball rolling sooner.

Anyway, here is an interesting link to CF Sinus info:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
">http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
</a>
BTW - even with all of her sinus infections (and some ear infections) it was HERE that I got the suggestions to give her a nasal steroid (to help control nasal congestion and shrink/avoid polyps) and sinus rinses (to clean out the thick gunk in her sinuses). Those 2 things alone have really helped make a difference.

 

[grassisgreener]

My daughter's sinus problems got way out of hand last year, infection after infection and eventually she had to have sinus surgery. After 8 weeks of antibiotics (not including the multiple rounds of abx prior to the 8 weeks), the ENT said her infection was so bad that it would have never gone away on its own. I felt like I got the run around from everyone, the CF clinic, the ped. even the ENT bc no one seemed to think much of her sinus troubles. It was SO frustrating. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken her to see an ENT much sooner to get the ball rolling sooner.

Anyway, here is an interesting link to CF Sinus info:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
">http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
</a>
BTW - even with all of her sinus infections (and some ear infections) it was HERE that I got the suggestions to give her a nasal steroid (to help control nasal congestion and shrink/avoid polyps) and sinus rinses (to clean out the thick gunk in her sinuses). Those 2 things alone have really helped make a difference.

 

[grassisgreener]

My daughter's sinus problems got way out of hand last year, infection after infection and eventually she had to have sinus surgery. After 8 weeks of antibiotics (not including the multiple rounds of abx prior to the 8 weeks), the ENT said her infection was so bad that it would have never gone away on its own. I felt like I got the run around from everyone, the CF clinic, the ped. even the ENT bc no one seemed to think much of her sinus troubles. It was SO frustrating. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken her to see an ENT much sooner to get the ball rolling sooner.

Anyway, here is an interesting link to CF Sinus info:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
">http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
</a>
BTW - even with all of her sinus infections (and some ear infections) it was HERE that I got the suggestions to give her a nasal steroid (to help control nasal congestion and shrink/avoid polyps) and sinus rinses (to clean out the thick gunk in her sinuses). Those 2 things alone have really helped make a difference.

 

[grassisgreener]

My daughter's sinus problems got way out of hand last year, infection after infection and eventually she had to have sinus surgery. After 8 weeks of antibiotics (not including the multiple rounds of abx prior to the 8 weeks), the ENT said her infection was so bad that it would have never gone away on its own. I felt like I got the run around from everyone, the CF clinic, the ped. even the ENT bc no one seemed to think much of her sinus troubles. It was SO frustrating. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken her to see an ENT much sooner to get the ball rolling sooner.
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<br />Anyway, here is an interesting link to CF Sinus info:
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
">http://cfcenter.stanford.edu/CFNews-Sinusitis.html
</a><br />
<br />BTW - even with all of her sinus infections (and some ear infections) it was HERE that I got the suggestions to give her a nasal steroid (to help control nasal congestion and shrink/avoid polyps) and sinus rinses (to clean out the thick gunk in her sinuses). Those 2 things alone have really helped make a difference.

 

[Ratatosk]

Seems like since DS was a couple weeks old he had a stuffy nose and issues with yellowish thick boogies. The month of augmentin did wonders for him when he was a year old and we were constantly using saline spray and the bulb syringe to try to suck out the mucus. Just seemed as if he was always stuffed up.

Last winter when DS was 4, I got a nasty head cold/sinus infection and the pressure was so bad I picked up a nasal rinse kit. Before I could use it, I read how easy it was, so I decided to get DS to try it. It was AMAZING how much junk came out of that little nose. He thought it was cool, it made me queasy. So now when he starts to get a little stuffy or has a bit of a runny nose, I have him do a sinus rinse before bed.

 

[Ratatosk]

Seems like since DS was a couple weeks old he had a stuffy nose and issues with yellowish thick boogies. The month of augmentin did wonders for him when he was a year old and we were constantly using saline spray and the bulb syringe to try to suck out the mucus. Just seemed as if he was always stuffed up.

Last winter when DS was 4, I got a nasty head cold/sinus infection and the pressure was so bad I picked up a nasal rinse kit. Before I could use it, I read how easy it was, so I decided to get DS to try it. It was AMAZING how much junk came out of that little nose. He thought it was cool, it made me queasy. So now when he starts to get a little stuffy or has a bit of a runny nose, I have him do a sinus rinse before bed.

 

[Ratatosk]

Seems like since DS was a couple weeks old he had a stuffy nose and issues with yellowish thick boogies. The month of augmentin did wonders for him when he was a year old and we were constantly using saline spray and the bulb syringe to try to suck out the mucus. Just seemed as if he was always stuffed up.

Last winter when DS was 4, I got a nasty head cold/sinus infection and the pressure was so bad I picked up a nasal rinse kit. Before I could use it, I read how easy it was, so I decided to get DS to try it. It was AMAZING how much junk came out of that little nose. He thought it was cool, it made me queasy. So now when he starts to get a little stuffy or has a bit of a runny nose, I have him do a sinus rinse before bed.

 

[Ratatosk]

Seems like since DS was a couple weeks old he had a stuffy nose and issues with yellowish thick boogies. The month of augmentin did wonders for him when he was a year old and we were constantly using saline spray and the bulb syringe to try to suck out the mucus. Just seemed as if he was always stuffed up.

Last winter when DS was 4, I got a nasty head cold/sinus infection and the pressure was so bad I picked up a nasal rinse kit. Before I could use it, I read how easy it was, so I decided to get DS to try it. It was AMAZING how much junk came out of that little nose. He thought it was cool, it made me queasy. So now when he starts to get a little stuffy or has a bit of a runny nose, I have him do a sinus rinse before bed.

 

[Ratatosk]

Seems like since DS was a couple weeks old he had a stuffy nose and issues with yellowish thick boogies. The month of augmentin did wonders for him when he was a year old and we were constantly using saline spray and the bulb syringe to try to suck out the mucus. Just seemed as if he was always stuffed up.
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<br />Last winter when DS was 4, I got a nasty head cold/sinus infection and the pressure was so bad I picked up a nasal rinse kit. Before I could use it, I read how easy it was, so I decided to get DS to try it. It was AMAZING how much junk came out of that little nose. He thought it was cool, it made me queasy. So now when he starts to get a little stuffy or has a bit of a runny nose, I have him do a sinus rinse before bed.