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My sh*t is fricked up - Sinus Infection

Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:29 am
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22927 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:29 am
Warning this post may be a tad gross.


Is there anything other than taking antibiotics that can make this go away? I don't really have time to go to urgent care right now and was wondering if anyone had any helpful home remedies to hold me over? I have a horrible headache from the pressure and every time I blow my nose it's bloody. Sorry this is disgusting but it's extremely distracting when I'm trying to concentrate at work. Worst case scenario I will leave early tonight and go to urgent care.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32719 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:31 am to
boil a pot of water and put a towel over your head directly over the pot.

breathe in the steam. it will help break up all that crap up there.
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36376 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:31 am to
Sudafed or Advil Cold/Sinus...
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
61788 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:31 am to
I had my sinuses removed.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:33 am to
Been fighting that crap before Christmas. Was just starting to clear up and as of yesterday, that shite hit me again. Been yaking up green shite for about two weeks too.
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36441 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:33 am to
Maybe go buy a neti pot and help clear out your sinuses. Also, whenever I'm feeling a cold or something coming on, I eat as much hot soup as possible like pho or chicken noodle (not a an old wife's tale- chicken noodle has actually been demonstrated to relieve colds). Don't waste your time with Emergenc C or whatever it's called.

There's also this nasal blaster thing you can buy at Walgreens alongside Neti Pots where you full it with warm water and saline, insert it up nostril, and squeeze, and it blasts the frick out of your sinuses (warning, it will be nasty coming out).
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 11:35 am
Posted by MoreOrLes
Member since Nov 2008
19472 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:34 am to
Well i have the flu

hope you feel better than i do
Posted by Quidam65
Q Continuum
Member since Jun 2010
19311 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:36 am to
Over time the antibiotics stop working. When I get one I have to get the shots.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89941 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:37 am to
quote:

My sh*t is fricked up - Sinus Infection


What are you saying, assface?
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98324 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:38 am to
This. But only used distilled water or else you'll get a brain eating amoeba.

Posted by LSUwag
Florida man
Member since Jan 2007
17319 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:40 am to
I'm on my second course of antibiotics. It was starting to turn into bronchitis.

You really should get some antibiotics ASAP.

There is an over the counter nasal spray called Nasalcrom. It works well without all the horrible side effects.

If you use a neti pot (sinus wash) once you have an infection, you risk spreading it even more.

Good luck
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 11:41 am
Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12268 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:40 am to
Sudafed, water, saline rinses/neti pot rinses, and go to the damn urgent care and get some amoxicillin or a zpack.

I used to have these all the time until I started taking a zyrtec once a day.
Posted by FrenchJoe
H 861
Member since Aug 2006
1031 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:42 am to
Shot in the BUTTOCKS, steroids, oral antibiotics X 10 days and I'm feeling just fine.
Posted by Winkface
Member since Jul 2010
34377 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:42 am to
neti pot

steam shower

hot rag on head/face

drink water
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 11:43 am
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
42012 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:43 am to
Neti Pot
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11303 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 11:44 am to
Neti pot?
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42574 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:45 pm to
Neti pot with a saline soluation is better than antibotics.

ETA:

I use afrin to open up my nasal passages, then use the neti pot. 1-2 times, and my infections are gone. It is amazing how well they work.
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 12:48 pm
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
60616 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:57 pm to
I have rough sinuses

Things the work best for me are nedi-rinses and the ocean saline solution nasal spray
Posted by Odinson
Asgard
Member since Apr 2014
2759 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:15 pm to
Mucinex D otc
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21950 posts
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:23 pm to
I had it too.

Mucinex D and Alka Seltzer Cold and Flu is what I took.
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