Sinus/Respiratory Infection During Treatment

[RobertBeWell]

Well, I seem to have caught a nasty sinus infection. Gunky discharge, face feels like someone hit me with a sledgehammer, eyes hurt, all that good stuff. Good thing I'm going to see the study nurse tommorrow.

I was just curious if anyone else has experience with any kind of sinus/respiratory infection during treatment. Do antibiotics work as well as they normally do while on tx? I had this happen to me once, many years ago, and I remember I went to see the doc, he gave me a shot in the butt, and 24 hours later I felt like a new man.

On the offchance this is NOT an infection, anyone ever heard of IFN causing nasty side effects like this? I'm pretty sure it's an infection, but I sure hope it's not just a side effect, cause I feel like crapola.

Thanks

RBW

[RobertBeWell]

Actually, I'm feeling better this morning after three doses of the antibiotic. Be lying if I said I felt GOOD, but finally some improvment.

Hector posted on another thread that in about 20% of patients, the Riba causes significant histamine effects like severe sinus congestion, itchy watery eyes, just like allergies.

I'm gonna talk to the nurse today at my study visit and see if I can get something prescribed to test this theory. Maybe I'm in that unlucky 20%. I usually have some seasonal fall allergies, but never this bad, and for this long.

RBW

[Diane12855]

I've had that for the past month or two. Constant river down the back of my throat... yuck!!

Some days I wake up and my eyes are swollen and my face looks puffy.

Some  days it feels like something is trying to push my teeth out of my head.

I think it is just sx from tx.
Diane

[RobertBeWell]

As Trinity mentioned, if the discharge is clear, it's probably just drainage. I live in the desert, and tons of people here get fall allergies from the grasses.

Maybe that's what you have going on.

[RobertBeWell]

Nice to know. Even though I'm heading out to the study site tommorrow, I called my study nurse today. She went over a pretty thorough interview on my symptoms, and ended up calling in an amoxycillin script for me. I popped one about about 10 AM, and popped another one just a few mins ago.

I swear, I already feel better. Maybe it's all in my head, but my face and throat aren't hurting nearly as bad as they were. God, I can't wait to get over this. I can't remember the last time I got sick - must have been 20 years ago, but I've been in bed for most of three days now.

Pneumonia huh? Man, I bet that makes ya feel like a million bucks while eating Riba and pounding in the IFN.

[Trinity4]

Antibiotics generally work well during treatment and don't effect the efficacy of the treatment drugs. Gunky discharge, green or brownish yellow is a good sign of infection and not just sinus drainage.  

I had pneumonia twice during treatment and both times antibiotics cleared it up.  

Trinity

[stalion]

I have had a sinus infection, aleast I think that is what it is . I never get sick, but I am into my 29week of tx, I have had this for a month now. I were a nose strip at night and it sounds like bubbles in side my sinuses. At first the discharge was infectious looking , now it is clear. I have talked to people who have been on antibiotics, and it did nothing, some have had this for months, who knows what any thing is on tx, I will be glad when this is over, except for a bad back I felt pretty good compared to  my quality of life as of late Stalion