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Sinusitis

Sinusitis can have a number of triggers. For example allergies can cause nasal congestion with secondary infections. When this is the case, you'll find that sneezing and an itchy nose are often present. More often, however, sinusitis is caused by a reaction to an underlying fungal infection.

This causes nasal congestion and blockage, and a secondary bacterial infection. This is when the nasal mucus turns yellow or green and the sinus areas around your nose or above your eyes becomes painful. Your doctor then gives you an antibiotic to knock out the bacterial infection, so it feels better. Unfortunately, this aggravates the fungal infection and causes more swelling and repeated antibiotics—resulting in the sinusitis becoming chronic. In my experience, most patients' chronic sinusitis resolves when the underlying fungal infections are treated. These fungal infections can also cause spastic colon with gas, bloating, diarrhea, and/or constipation.

To treat the yeast infections that can cause spastic colon and sinusitis, avoid eating sweets and sugars which feed the yeast. For the chocoholics out there, and you know who you are, Russell Stover makes a wonderful line of sugar free chocolates. In addition, using high doses of natural, healthy bacteria called Acidophilus Pearls (30ct or 90ct) along with Grapefruit seed extract and other anti-fungal herbs can be very helpful. Nasal rinses can also wash out much of the infection. Most importantly, I recommend the prescription medication Diflucan 200 mg a day for 6 to 12 weeks. Compounding pharmacists can also make a nose spray with antibacterials and antifungals that can be very effective. In our experience, sinusitis can usually be effectively eliminated—but not with repeated antibiotics.