i got a needel in my eyeballs for the allergies to wood
good luck!!!1
You can try accupuncture. I know two individuals who have had accupuncture from an M.D. certified as an accupuncturist and they believe their symptoms have diminished.
Hello and welcome to the community.
I am so sorry you are going through this. I know what it is like to be on pred so much. It really isn't fun at all.
I have read that accupunture may be beneficial as a complementary treatment to traditional medicine aproaches and that was from a doctor who practices integrated medicine. He is really open to non-traditional treatments even without traditional approaches. He did not feel that accupunture was really worthy of being a stand alone treatment.
Some other things you may want to try are sinus rinses, a pulmacort sinus rinse instead of the Nasonex, and Patanase instead of the Astepro. Astepro really stuffed me up while I was on it. Patanase works much better for me. You may also want to see an allergist for testing and possible shots.
I was going to ask how old you are, but I will refrain. I will say that if you are in your mid to late thirties that you probably should discus Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) with your doctors. It usually starts in a patient's mid to late thirties with chronic sinusitis as you describe with the possibility of recurring nasal polyps. Patients with this disease may develop asthma in their early to mid 40's. I was just treated for this because of my asthma. lol.... I am hinting at my age a little. ;-) It is highly under diagnosed.
I can get you links to some great articles I found while researching the disease and treatment before I went through the treatment.
I hope that helps you some.
Please keep us posted on how you are doing.
God bless.
Hi Everyone,
Thank you for all your comments. Currently I am trying the whole acupucture method to see if it helps. So far I've had one trmt with some daily herbal supplements so far about a week. I am going to continue using my nasal sprays and zyrtec...When I started I was back to my no smell, drainage, pressure, etc... results so far I am actually getting a little more stuff out but not enough to really tell if its working. I will let you all know a few more weeks in...
To bsml: thanks for sharing that information. I've have already try all the methods and sprays you have mentioned. Although I am in my late 20's, good to know what may happen later as you researched. I will keep that in mind.
Thanks to all!
Hi Lisa,
I am glad that you are getting some relief.
One thing it looks like I failed to mention is sinus rinses. Have you tried that at all?
God bless.