1) I am currently taking allergy shots for dust mite, cat & pollen allergies & am close to reaching my mainetnance dose. I also take nasonex, asterlin, clarinex and mucinex & decongestants as needed. Earlier this year I was on predisone & antibiotics for a sinus infection, I feel better now than I have felt in a year (although it took anothe 2-3 weeks after stopping prednisone & antibiotics to feel better so not sure if these were the cause or not). However, I still have dark circles under my eyes. Is there anything I can do about this?
2) Could the allergy shots be working this quickly? I have 3 shots left in my 4th vial...one more vial to go before reaching maintence.
3) A CT scan of sinuses (after predinsone but before antibiotics) showed that passages were inflammed but open & that there were "pools of snot" (Dr's terminology, not mine) in my cheek areas of sinuses. Both my GP and ENT say these are normal for allergy sufferers but antibiotics were prescribed (although no follow up suggested). Are such pools of mucus normal?