Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 Not to scare you, but when ,3wcf, was six months, he got his first major sinus infection. Within a few hours it had erupted behind his left eye. The infection had actually eaten through the bone into the eye socket. So in his case it happened within four hours. mom to 3wcf and trying to get sick again and Brenna 7wocf > " >Reply-To: cfparents >To: cfparents >Subject: Perforated Septum >Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 15:55:41 -0000 > >Hi everyone. I haven't been to this list in a very long time, but a >couple of years ago I was somewhat regular. I have a question and >knew that this was the first place to go... :-) > >My youngest son, (5 w/cf), gets a lot of sinus infections and >is in the midst of one now. In looking up his nose last night (no, >I don't do that a lot), I saw a huge hole in his septum (the >membranes/cartilage that separates your nostrils). I'd never >imagined such a thing and promptly looked in every nose in our >house! No-one else has a hole! So, I called our dr.'s office 24- >hour nurses 'help-line'. The nurse I spoke with had not heard of >this and suggested we call the doctor on Monday. Now, is seen >quarterly at CF clinic, regularly at the ped's - including his 5- >year physical in December and CF clinic in January. I can't imagine >that this huge hole appeared in the past 2 - 3 weeks, but no-one has >ever mentioned it to us before. > >I did a search on the web and learned that it's called 'perforated >septum', but all the causes I can find for it don't seem to fit with >'s history. What I'm really freaking out about is that all the >references I found related to people with a pin-size to a nostril- >size hole. 's is much larger than this - probably 2 - 3 times >his nostril size. If too much of the septum dies, making the hole >larger, his nose can collapse! > >I'm very anxious about this and am wondering if anyone out there has >had any experience with this? > >Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!!! > >Angi >Mom of (8), (6.5 w/cf) and (5 wcf) > > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 Holy Cow! I never knew that either.. Rosemary from New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12.5, 10, 6...... I coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; we have a dog we named -are you ready for this - TOBI after their medication!!! At least it wasn't albuterol or Coly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 had infection and polps that were growing on his optic nerve. He was blinking a lot - we thought he had tourettes!! Turns out he had this huge fungal ball (ball of fungus) pressing on the nerve which they said was starting to eat into bone of eye socket....its scary but true.. Rosemary from New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12.5, 10, 6...... I coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; we have a dog we named -are you ready for this - TOBI after their medication!!! At least it wasn't albuterol or Coly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 I am soooo sorry to hear that --however , they will be able to help him rid of this. Soooooo, the end result will be better for him. It is so very hard to see them go thru so much. My special wishes for him & all your precious abound. LOVE & HUGS< GRANDMOMBEV Re: Perforated Septum had infection and polps that were growing on his optic nerve. He was blinking a lot - we thought he had tourettes!! Turns out he had this huge fungal ball (ball of fungus) pressing on the nerve which they said was starting to eat into bone of eye socket....its scary but true.. Rosemary from New York with 3 children with CF - they are 12.5, 10, 6...... I coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT " ; we have a dog we named -are you ready for this - TOBI after their medication!!! At least it wasn't albuterol or Coly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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