I'm okay -- my doctor is as tired of the chronic sinusitis as I am; he wanted to try (and I said yes) giving me a vaccination to protect against the pneumonia germies that can cause chronic sinusitis in the chance it might get to the root. Also am back on Cipro but he wants me to stay on it for longer term than usual. He did this before with Tetracycline and it did keep the infections away but then I couldn't take Tetra any longer. Also will use saline spray to irrigate my sinuses -- I hate doing it but they need it. And of course, will continue the horseradish-lemon treatment.
Prayers the new course of action will assist with your problems.
Yikes!!! That scares me and I'm fearless :-)
I saw your post at the end of yesterday's Dose thread, and I also posted that I had a "pneumonia shot" about 3 years ago. I really think it's done a lot of good. I've had sinus problems since I was a very small kid so I know what you're going through. Hope it helps you.
Once I lost 14 pounds in 2 weeks with a very bad sinusitis. I didn't want to even look at food, and by the time I went back to work my clothes didn't fit! It was the only bright spot in that whole time but I didn't want to lose weight THAT way! lol
Oh .. GEM .. I'm so sorry to hear you're still dealing with that. Is the damp weather out there a big contributing factor? Prayers for your recovery ... really soon ..;)
One of the articles was stating that old root canals were a source of chronic infection in the body. The tooth has many smaller dentinal tubules, miles in total length, in addition to the main nerve canal. These might be a source of chronic infection after a root canal, that would go unnoticed by most, feeding toxins into the blood.
Apparently one common precondition of sinusitis (and cardiovascular and other diseases) is oral infection, which could include these very hidden micro-pockets of anaerobic bacteria deep in a tooth that had a root canal treatment.
If I had chronic sinusitis, given that I already have a bunch of root canals, I'd be looking to retreat them, with an aggressive sterilization, which can take a month between visits, perhaps with Calcium Hydroxide, as suggested on the site Root-Canal Treatment ... holistically... an "alternative alternative" viewpoint ! by Michael C. Goldman, DDS
The main impediment to such a retreatment would be the cost. Even for those of us covered by a dental plan, I doubt this would be covered. Root canal work on a tooth that is not currently in pain, especially a tooth that has already had a root canal, so has no functioning nerve, is not uncomfortable. One hardly needs the local anesthesia.
I don't know yet if there is any economical way to tell if ones root canals are causing ongoing infections.
Of course, if y'all sinusitis sufferers don't have any root canal work, then count your blessings, and my apologies for the useless ping.