Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 > Dana, I need help with fighting sinus yeast in my son. We've done GSE and > Culturelle. What else is good? First, be sure it is yeast and not bacteria. Most peds rx antibiotics for sinus infections, even tho sometimes it is yeast. But I guess many times it is bacteria. GSE will make bacteria worse. Other yeast killers I have used successfully for my son are uva ursi, caprylic acid, and garlic. Good luck. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 > First, be sure it is yeast and not bacteria. Most peds rx antibiotics > for sinus infections, even tho sometimes it is yeast. But I guess > many times it is bacteria. GSE will make bacteria worse. > > Other yeast killers I have used successfully for my son are uva ursi, > caprylic acid, and garlic> > Dana Dana, How can one tell which it is?? My 7 year old son (who previously had low IgA and used to get numerous sinus infections that would clear dramatically within one to two days of antibiotics after weeks of symptoms), has had 8 course of TD-DMPS. He has done extremely well, and we have seen numerous improvements, but a few days ago he developed the same symptoms of bacterial sinusitis (had been sniffling for weeks, started to cough and blow out thick yellow mucus). I started a 5 day antibiotic and he seemed better within a day or so. My husband missed Day 4/5 of the antibiotic (as only a man could! and on that day he started to get congested again. I can't tell if this is partially-treated bacterial sinusitis or yeast. (I had never learned yeast could cause sinusitis, so would never have considered it.) Is there any way I can tell? nat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 dana, how do u give garlic to ur kids? and how many cloves, for how many days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 > How can one tell which it is?? My 7 year old son (who previously had > low IgA and used to get numerous sinus infections that would clear > dramatically within one to two days of antibiotics after weeks of > symptoms), That sounds like bacteria. has had 8 course of TD-DMPS. He has done extremely well, > and we have seen numerous improvements, but a few days ago he > developed the same symptoms of bacterial sinusitis (had been > sniffling for weeks, started to cough and blow out thick yellow > mucus). I started a 5 day antibiotic and he seemed better within a > day or so. My husband missed Day 4/5 of the antibiotic (as only a > man could! and on that day he started to get congested again. Still sounds like bacteria. If it was yeast, antibiotics generally do no good, and in fact can make it worse. > I can't tell if this is partially-treated bacterial sinusitis or > yeast. (I had never learned yeast could cause sinusitis, so would > never have considered it.) > > Is there any way I can tell? Since you know that it is at least PARTIALLY related to bacteria, I would not try GSE. Maybe something like garlic, uva ursi, oil of oregano, or one of the OTC items that will address yeast AND bacteria, or at least not aggravate bacteria while addressing yeast. See if one of those helps. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 > dana, > how do u give garlic to ur kids? and how many cloves, for how many > days? I have garlic 500 mg softgels. It says " processed to reduce odor " but my son will still smell like garlic when I give it to him. When I gave Lauricidin [which I just dropped, I will write more about that in my next site update], I gave garlic with each dose of Lauricidin. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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