| Here are the 10 most common symptoms of sinus | | | | my family. I was scared. And miserable. |
| infection. Does any of these sound like the problems | | | | It was a real-life-up-close look at losing everything. I |
| you are having right now? | | | | am thankful to be healthy again. |
| | | | The thing that gave me back control over my life |
| 1. Pain and/or pressure in the area of your eyes or | | | | was the knowledge that my chronic sinus infections |
| forehead. Or pain in the very top of your head - | | | | were caused by a fungal (yeast) infection. |
| especially if the pain gets more intense when you | | | | And in case you don't already know-Antibiotics treat |
| bend over or move your head quickly. | | | | bacterial, not fungal infections. This means that even |
| 2. Sinus drainage. This can be any color from clear to | | | | when you have just finished that course of antibiotics |
| greenish-yellow or even bloody. And it may not drain | | | | your Doctor gave you, the real fungal cause of your |
| out your nose. Often your sinuses will drain down the | | | | problem is as alive as ever up there in your head. |
| back of your throat-and you swallow it. | | | | And just like a bad pop singer is already planning a |
| 3. Nausea or upset stomach-often caused by | | | | comeback! |
| swallowing the drainage. | | | | The following is a direct quote from Dr David Sherris, |
| 4. Fatigue-Even when you should feel rested. This is | | | | a M.D. and Mayo Clinic researcher: |
| the sneakiest one of all. This is the one that creeps | | | | "We've seen significant improvement in the quality of |
| up on you slowly and unnoticed. If you are living with | | | | life for the large majority of patients with chronic |
| the symptoms on this list you are certainly not | | | | sinus infection who were treated with anti-fungal |
| reaching your true potential at work, family life or at | | | | drugs." |
| rest. | | | | Dr Sherris also added: |
| 5. Blocked nasal or sinus passages. Especially at night. | | | | "Many of them had been miserable for years and |
| Are you sleeping with your mouth open because you | | | | were severely hampered at work and in social |
| cant breathe through your nose when you lie down? | | | | situations by their illness. Many are pain-free and able |
| 6. Do you have a poor sense of smell or taste? If | | | | to breathe effectively through their noses for the |
| you are staying clogged up with mucous I bet you | | | | first time in years." |
| do. | | | | OK... Now we know that the most advanced |
| 7. Bad breath. Think about it this way-your senses of | | | | research hospital in the world has taken the position |
| smell and taste are really messed up right now-and | | | | that "the large majority" of folks who suffer from |
| you can still smell and taste your bad breath. What | | | | chronic sinus infections could benefit tremendously |
| does everybody else think about your breath right | | | | from treating the real fungal cause of our problems. |
| now? | | | | But what about the rest of us who don't have |
| 8. Ear pain. It's not uncommon for a bad sinus | | | | access to the cutting edge research trials at Mayo |
| infection to spread to your inner ears. | | | | Clinic? |
| 9. Sore Throat. | | | | We have to be a little more resourceful. And thats |
| 10. Chills, fever or general malaise. Are you feeling | | | | OK. We can find ways to help ourselves. |
| generally crappy? If you are suffering from any of | | | | There are genuine, natural ways to beat a fungal |
| the sinus infection symptoms above you have my | | | | sinus infection-And stop it from coming back. I know |
| support. I really do know how you feel. I had chronic | | | | because I did it. |
| sinus infections for literally decades. | | | | If you want to learn more about the book that |
| I had decided to just "live" with my symptoms, until | | | | taught me how to stop my sinus misery here is the |
| they got so intense that they cost me my job-and | | | | link: |
| nearly my home. | | | | Check it out. The website is really hokey but the |
| I had gotten so sick I couldn't hold a job, or support | | | | information is really great and thats what matters. |