One good reason to see an allopathic doc: fungal sinusitis and BPPV

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Hi all,

I'm not sure if anyone ever posted about fungal sinusitis (and please don't

advise me to search archives; I post from email), but it may be a good reminder

for new people even if you have.

Note: I am not diagnosing anyone (hard enough to be my own doc so this is

just for educational purposes, and something to think about if you are

experiencing (like me) chronic sinusitis and chronic ear fluid.

The following is pasted from Dr. Mark Tichenor's web site

(http://www.sinuses.com/fungal.htm), itself information he gleaned from a study

done at Mayo Clinic:

" Fungal growth was found in washings from the sinuses in 96% of patients with

chronic sinusitis. Normal controls had almost as much growth, the difference

being that those patients with chronic sinusitis had eosinophiles ( a type of

white blood cell involved in allergic and other reactions) which had become

activated. As a result of the activation, the eosinophiles released a product

called MBP (Major Basic Protein) into the mucus which attacks and kills the

fungus but is very irritating to the lining of the sinuses. We believe that

MBP injures the lining of the sinuses and allows the bacteria to proliferate. "

His discussion about treatment discusses the use of antifungals, but I think

that the treatment done these days is surgery to remove the fungus (and removal

of exposures from a person's environment).

About ear fluid and dizziness/vertigo. I am experiencing a ton of vertigo and

have been for awhile. Everytime I go to the doctor, she sees ear fluid in my

ears. What I'm experiencing sounds exactly like Benign Paroxysmal Positional

Vertigo.

From

http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv-topic-ov\

erview:

" Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is caused by a problem in the

inner ear. Tiny calcium " stones " inside your inner ear canals help you keep

your balance. Normally, when you move a certain way, such as when you stand

up or turn your head, these stones move around. But things like infection

or inflammation can stop the stones from moving as they should. This sends

a false message to your brain and affects your balance. "

BPPV causes vertigo when you turn your head or move from one position to

another. I have a kind of fuzziness and feeling of slow movement all the time,

but it gets 10x worse when I move my head.

The ultimate cause in my case of BPPV could be inflammation from allergies (or,

I would think, just exposure to toxins).

The people who can treat both of these things are ENTs and that's why I'm going

to Mayo Clinic at the end of September to see a doctor who understands and

treats fungal sinusitis (surgery is scary; I wouldn't see someone who hasn't

done these surgeries, plus it's the Mayo people who discovered this) and could

also either treat the BPPV or refer me to another ENT.

It's not necessary, to me, that this ENT believes that my mold exposure has done

this to me, if indeed I have both conditions--though perhaps he will believe so.

It's more important to me that I get treated. So I just want to throw this

information out there as one reason to seek allopathic advice as well as advice

from more cutting edge doctors and from homeopaths and/or naturopaths.

So anyway. Who knows if my self-diagnoses are correct (I am often my own worst

doctor), but I feel these lines of inquiry give me something to pursue and, at

least, rule out, if nothing else.

-AN

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From: <ur_shtnme@...>

Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 7:18:17 PM

Subject: Re: [] Going on Leave - Re: Letter/Political Action Group

That was very well put Sam. Like you I am spent. I cant tell if I am comeing or

going these days.