Major sinus issues - Q

January 20, 2011

Hey everyone,

I've got a 71 yof on the line with major sinus congestion and lung

congestion(among a host of other troubles). She came to see me one week ago, and

was very distraught because of having to breathe through her mouth. She also has

major headaches that feel like her head is exploding. Her visit was precipitated

by a major nosebleed, which seemed to resolve after a dose of Phosphorus 200C at

the beginning of the visit.

Her sinuses were very dry, probably due to frequent nasal lavage with saline.

She also had been using a saline nasal spray, Afrin (x 3 days when I saw her),

and olive oil on a Q-tip up her nostrils to help with the dryness. All to no

avail. Sleep is exceptionally poor - it had improved TO 2-3 hours a night from

15 minutes a night for the past 2 years. (2 years ago, she was diagnosed with

BRCA and treated effectively. Unfortunately, I can't remember what treatment

was.) Energy is accordingly very low. She cries a lot...bawls, in her words.

Also, " Water dries me out. " She avoids salt d/t hypertension.

She also has overall musculoskeletal pain: " there's nothing that doesn't hurt, "

but she pointed to her low back, both hips, and neck in particular. Both ankles

and feet were swollen.

Exam: Temp was 97.7 F in the office, and BP was 160/65 RASit. R nostril was

swollen shut, which was interesting; she had worse trouble breathing out her

left nostril.

Multiple meds: Imitrex for headaches (help intermittently), omeprazole for GERD,

oxybutynin for overactive bladder, Flonase for her sinuses, 2.5 mg prednisone

qod for lung congestion, and Xanax for anxiety related to her current issues.

She had a brain/sinus CT scan a few weeks ago that revealed nothing. Also saw a

neurologist yesterday who concluded that her issue was not neurological.

Acupuncture and chiropractic intermittently over the past two years have not

helped.

My treatment: COPs qd x 1 hr; Nat mur cell salts, 5 tid; UNDAs 5, 27, 710; nasal

lavage with sesame oil qd, and cultured cabbage juice, 1/2 cup a day (which she

has not started). Some temporary improvement with her sinuses, but now they have

regressed, and nosebleeds have returned.

For reference, the cabbage juice is for healing the gut mucosa (if it is

damaged), flooding the GI tract with probiotics, and increasing overall

immunity, in case there is some organism that's causing her sinus congestion.

Sorry for such a long posting. Any help would be very appreciated. She is in

agony, and incidentally, her daughter is a massage therapist at my practice...so

I feel some pressure to treat her effectively. No pressure on you all.

Isaacs, ND, DC

Littleton, CO

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