| I am one of the 35,000,000 Americans who | | | | the fungus rather than treat the bacteria with an |
| suffer from chronic sinusitis. I've looked at | | | | antibiotic, which is often the therapy followed |
| numerous potential sinusitis cures over the years | | | | conventionally. |
| and have undergone two painful sinus operations. I | | | | Mayo Clinic studies have shown that 75% of |
| still was coming down with sinus infections after | | | | chronic sinusitis sufferers saw improvement when |
| that, which was pretty discouraging, and I had to | | | | treated with a topical fungicide. The Therapy is |
| make lifestyle changes I wasn't pleased with. | | | | called topical antifungal therapy. An antifungal called |
| Over the past four years or so I've found help | | | | Amphotericin B has already been approved by the |
| using pulsating nasal irrigation with a saline solution, | | | | FDA for other treatments and is normally |
| and the situation is relatively "under control". I still | | | | administered to patients as an injection. For |
| get clogged up most nights, however, and have | | | | sinusitis cures it is made into a topical nasal spray |
| to take several medications, including a steroid | | | | and applied daily. The recommended dose is 100 |
| spray. | | | | micrograms/ml. This medication is generally not |
| Research has been done by the Mayo Clinic in the | | | | available in most pharmacies today. One must get |
| hope of finding new sinusitis cures. I've been in | | | | the prescription filled through a compounding |
| touch with one of the physicians on the Mayo | | | | pharmacy such as Anazao. |
| Clinic research team who advised me that there | | | | The best thing to do is find a physician who is |
| is a new therapy which may actually treat the | | | | trained in administering this therapy, and that |
| root cause of chronic sinusitis in many people. In | | | | doctor can no doubt explain how to obtain the |
| this article I'll summarize in layman's terms the | | | | medication prescribed. |
| results of the research. | | | | In some people the eosinophiles do not react to |
| The research showed that people with chronic | | | | fungi present in the nasal mucus, and these people |
| sinusitis have a different immune response in their | | | | generally do not have chronic sinusitis. Why the |
| nasal cavities to naturally occurring fungi, which | | | | eosinophiles act differently in different people is |
| they showed is present in the nasal cavities of | | | | not yet known. Also, it is difficult to administer a |
| almost everyone. The research team was able to | | | | test which will tell if one person has this type of |
| demonstrate that in some people (chronic sinusitis | | | | reaction occur in his body or not. However, this |
| sufferers) certain white blood cells, known as | | | | theory would explain why some people are |
| eosinophites, activate and thereby produce a | | | | chronic sinusitis sufferers even after extensive |
| chemical, called MBP, which causes damage to | | | | conventional treatments or sinus operations. The |
| nasal membranes. Bacteria can then invade the | | | | conventional therapies and surgeries to date have |
| damaged areas and cause sinus infections. It | | | | simply not addressed this issue, since it was not |
| therefore made sense that an option in the | | | | known prior to the Mayo Clinic studies and patient |
| search for new sinusitis cures would be to treat | | | | tests. |