Sounds like this infection is "deep tissue", and
would require IV antibiotics (THE RIGHT ONES!!!)
to get all of it. Keep going to defferent ENT's until
you find a good one that will listen to you. Get
a culture. It would be better for a culture if
your infection was at least a few days in developement
(symptomatic)so make an appt. now. It takes 1-3 days to read.





--- In helpsinuses@yahoogroups.com, Chris McDonald
<chrisflamingo8@y...> wrote:
>
> I never heard of getting a culture done for your sinuses, very
interesting. I have had 6 sinus infections in one year and again, I
am having severe sinus pain, migraine pain , continuous runny nose
and chronic nosebleeds. I am hoping its not the start of another
infection. I went to Duke to see about surgery, my first ENT told me
he could do surgery to make a bigger area for my sinuses to drain.
He said there is a partial blockage and that may cause me to be more
susceptible to infections. The ENT at Duke didn't see it that way,
said there is nothing he can do for me. He was very impersonal,
uncaring and didn't even offer any alternatives to help me since he
said I have no polyps, pus or anything else in my sinuses. The
impression I got was I was wasting his time, my case was not "severe
enough'" for him. Apparently my last infection was cleared up as
shown on the CAT scan but that took 3 rounds of antibiotics,
prednisone and included 2 1/2 months of a chronic cough. I am so
sick of this sh*#t!! I don't know a nicer way to say it. I get so
physically ill with these sinus infections, I have missed so much
work because of them. They are getting harder and harder to treat
yet the ENT's don't care about you if antibiotics can clear it up
even after 3 rounds and with prednisone. I would love to find a
sinus specialist. I'm looking into alternative treatments as well.
Traditional medicine has failed me in my opinion. This is no way to
live.
>
>
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
> Chris
>
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