Persistent sinus aches

[gschamel]

I've always been prone to aches around my right eye in the brow bone and cheek bone but these have become more persistent and pronounced since starting APAP 3 weeks ago. Anyone one else experience this? and, yes, I'm planning on seeing the doc to ask about possible sinus infections/inflammation.

I also wonder if I'm grinding my teeth but I'm not really experiencing jaw muscle aches.

Three weeks in and am having pretty good results now in terms of daytime energy and generally feeling rested.

George

[BlackSpinner]

I've always been prone to aches around my right eye in the brow bone and cheek bone but these have become more persistent and pronounced since starting APAP 3 weeks ago. Anyone one else experience this? and, yes, I'm planning on seeing the doc to ask about possible sinus infections/inflammation.

I also wonder if I'm grinding my teeth but I'm not really experiencing jaw muscle aches.

Three weeks in and am having pretty good results now in terms of daytime energy and generally feeling rested.

George

There is more pressure on the sinuses with cpap. Some people get dizzy from the ear canals being impacted. You may want to see an ENT and get some scans(MRI) done to see what is happening in there. Sometimes going on cpap will illuminate other issues in your respiratory system. I have found a lot of my sinus issues have decreased dramatically over the last 2 years. That might be due to breathing clean filtered humid air for a 1/3 of 24 hours.

[gasp]

Ask your ENT if you can benefit from using a Neti Pot. Some ENTs think the Neti Pot is not good as it doesn't come with a prescription or mainline medicine. Perhaps you should ask your naturopathic doctor : )

If you decide to use the Neti Pot do not use tap water! Use slightly warmed distilled water as it is more pure. I had sinus pressure and couldn't even use nasal pillows at first. After regular use I was able to use nasal pillows and no longer need to use the Neti Pot except during high seasonal allergy times. I have not had any sinus issues through years of exposure to seasonal allergens because I have used the Neti Pot when I get that familiar beginning of sinus congestion that comes from an allergen.

[chunkyfrog]

Since distilled water is in a large (gallon) container, I would be a little leery of using it unless it was from a newly opened bottle.
I would prefer using a new bottle of purified drinking water, especially that intended for young children.
Would that be a problem?

[gschamel]

Ask your ENT if you can benefit from using a Neti Pot. Some ENTs think the Neti Pot is not good as it doesn't come with a prescription or mainline medicine. Perhaps you should ask your naturopathic doctor : )

If you decide to use the Neti Pot do not use tap water! Use slightly warmed distilled water as it is more pure. I had sinus pressure and couldn't even use nasal pillows at first. After regular use I was able to use nasal pillows and no longer need to use the Neti Pot except during high seasonal allergy times. I have not had any sinus issues through years of exposure to seasonal allergens because I have used the Neti Pot when I get that familiar beginning of sinus congestion that comes from an allergen.

I already use a sinus rinse twice a day. Not the Neti pot but the squirt bottle from the same company. I do use tap water but I am on a well that draws water from the very top of the entire water shed for the Colorado front range. This water comes out of the ground at 50 degrees F so no worries about any brain eating amobeas.

Why would you think I see a naturopathic doctor?

[gasp]

Since distilled water is in a large (gallon) container, I would be a little leery of using it unless it was from a newly opened bottle.
I would prefer using a new bottle of purified drinking water, especially that intended for young children.
Would that be a problem?

As long as it doesn't include added fluoride such as the brand NurseryWater, supposedly for infant health (which is against recent studies showing added fluoride can be seriously harmful to infants and others).

Also, keep in mind that purified and drinking water terms usually don't go together. See: http://www.nsf.org/consumer/bottled_wat ... BottledWat

I suppose if one wanted to be really safe and could afford it sterile water would be overkill but definitely pure.

[gasp]

Ask your ENT if you can benefit from using a Neti Pot. Some ENTs think the Neti Pot is not good as it doesn't come with a prescription or mainline medicine. Perhaps you should ask your naturopathic doctor : )

If you decide to use the Neti Pot do not use tap water! Use slightly warmed distilled water as it is more pure. I had sinus pressure and couldn't even use nasal pillows at first. After regular use I was able to use nasal pillows and no longer need to use the Neti Pot except during high seasonal allergy times. I have not had any sinus issues through years of exposure to seasonal allergens because I have used the Neti Pot when I get that familiar beginning of sinus congestion that comes from an allergen.

I already use a sinus rinse twice a day. Not the Neti pot but the squirt bottle from the same company. I do use tap water but I am on a well that draws water from the very top of the entire water shed for the Colorado front range. This water comes out of the ground at 50 degrees F so no worries about any brain eating amobeas.

Why would you think I see a naturopathic doctor?

I was referring to if you saw a naturopathic doctor then that type of doctor would be more amenable to the use of a Neti Pot - versus an ENT who may think it undesirable. Naturopathic doctors usually support alternative types of treatments over the customary pharmaceutical approach. Glad you have no brain eating amoebas : ) I had well water for many years and miss it dearly. I miss being able to drink from any tap in the house and having a chlorine free shower without a chlorine removing device that also restricts the flow of water. You could bottle and sell your amazing water! : ))