sinus fungal infection

[franktettemer101]

I have taken antibiotics over the Christmas holidays, for a sinusitis, with some improvement, but still a major concern. From mid-January through to early March I used a cortisone nasal spray once a day, but with little change. I quit using it when I "smelled" mushrooms, when breathing and exhaling deeply. A friend and doctor suggested that I could have a nasal fungal infection, and suggested that I quit the spray and treat my body for Candida overgrowth. I have been rigorous about diet, as well as taking a Candida tablet containing garlic and caprilic acid, as well as taking citrus seed extract drops, three times daily, as well as drinking P'au Darko bark tea twice daily. As there has been little improvement, I am wondering if a nasal antifungal spray exists and should be considered?
Thanks for your consideration of this puzzle.

[franktettemer101]

Thanks very much for your response.  
I do have a number of known allergies, one of them being dust.  
I am a carpenter, and I am aware that in December last year, despite wearing a mask at work, I definitely consumed quite a bit of dust, when the home we were building became closed in, and sawdust, sanding dust, dry wall dust became the norm.  I could tell that the dust was getting through, by the symptoms in the evening and the morning, of congestion.  Thus the source of the original sinusitis.
I will explore the other possible causes that you've mentioned, while waiting for my appointment with the ENT doctor, scheduled in late June.
My family doctor has been telling me for years that I have a deviated septum, and has made the referral to the ENT.
However, I am somewhat reluctant to go through the expected operation, for fear that the side affects of the operation could make my sinuses more vulnerable to infection in future years.  Could you describe what is involved in treating a deviated septum? What are the drawbacks to this operation?
Thanks again for your time.
Frank

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
First of all you need to find out whether you really have fungal infection or not. Smell of mushrooms could be due to old pus and secretions in the nasal sinuses or even due to post nasal drip. Chronic sinusitis is often allergic and can be due to mold infection too. A damp wall in the house, carpets, and ACs are all potential sources of mold. Please consult an allergy specialist. You may need to take the allergy test. Chronic sinusitis can also be due to EBV infection.
The other possibility is deviated nasal septum. Nasal polyps and tumors, worms in stool causing high eosinophil counts, gastric reflux are the other causes.
The treatment will be complete only on removing the cause. Hence please consult an ENT specialist (you must already be under one) and discuss these possibilities. Depending on the cause treatment will be prescribed.  Take care!