[jenniepepsi]

I MIGHT have a sinus infection. It may just be a head cold. But it feels like a sinus infection to me. I have been completely plugged up all night last night and all day today with yellow mucus. Not fun. However I have had a sinus infection before. So I can deal with it.


My issue is, it seems like every time I sneze, I get vertigo so bad I feel like passing out.

I have meniere's syndrome, so I'm used to the vertigo, but is this something serous? Or simply the head cold beign a pain in my butt.

[Perito]

It sounds like a sinus infection to me, also.

[jenniepepsi]

Yeah that's what I think too. I'm just glad it hasn't made the move into strep throat with all the post nasal drip I've been having. But you know.*knock on wood* now that I have said it , it will probably happen in the next few hours :P

[jenniepepsi]

Another question, but same subject so I won't start another thread on it...


Is there anything I can do here at home for this? I have a doctors apointment on Thursday, but that's 3 days away! I already know about the obvious, taking cold/sinus medicine. And sitting in a steamy bathroom...

But is there ANYTHING else I can do to help relieve some of this?

[twinkiedooter]

Make your own steamer and use Vicks. Get an old teakettle and use on the stove. You can add the Vicks prior to the water coming to a boil and carefully inhale the steam for about 10 minutes. This always helps me with nasal congestion or sinus infections. I had a sinus infection since Oct 2007 and never saw the doctor and got rid of it myself using home remedies. I was probably lucky that I could get rid of it myself. I did notice though that my sinuses would get worse when the pollution was "fine particles moderate" and not ozone pollution.

[jenniepepsi]

Thanks twinkiedooter ill try that!