Fungus as a Potential Cause
of Sinus Infections
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Chronic sinusitis is a
common problem for people with fibromyalgia, scoliosis, pectus excavatum
and/or other signs of connective tissue disorders. I remember my mother
having chronic sinus infections when I was little to the point where
she would have her head x-rayed. When my children were little, they
would get sinus or ear infections almost every month, especially in
winter. They were on antibiotics almost as much as they were off of
them. We stopped getting as many infections, and stepped off the antibiotic
treadmill, when we went changed our diets.
(Also see my section on mold
allergy.)
Recent research has linked
chronic sinusitis to fungal infections. Some interesting links on
the subject are listed below:
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From
www.drgreeen.com: "202 out of the 210 people with chronic
sinus infections studied had fungus in the mucus. The seemingly
interminable congestion was an immune response to the fungus! Antibiotics
make fungal infections worse." This has certainly been
our experience.
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Knowing what I know now, it
is no wonder that my kids never really completely recovered until we went
on a diet that addressed the underlying cause - a fungal infection. The
antibiotics they had been receiving most often was Amoxicillin, made from
penicillin - a mold. So for many years here I was giving my children prescription
doses of mold (mold is a subset of fungi) when most likely the root cause
of their problems was actually a fungal infection.
Related sections
Mold
Allergies - helpful
tips on getting rid of mold and mildew around the house.
Mold
Allergy Treatment - how diet changes helped reduce my son's mold allergies.
Plugged
Ears - Overlooked causes.
Migraine
Headaches - explores overlooked causes including the links to neck
pain, sinus infections and muscle tension.
Related Web Sites:
Sinusitus
treatment through nasal irrigation - an interesting yoga treatment
from Health and Yoga.
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tissue disorder home page to use my search feature, and see
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