RE: Re: Auto-immune diseases & antibiotics & sinus problems

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I had a v similar sinus experience last year - big ongoing problems with post nasal drop for about four months. I too was a bad hay fever sufferer and now do not suffer at.----- Original Message -----From: < > < >Sent: Tue Mar 04 11:54:17 2008Subject: [ ] Re: Auto-immune diseases & antibiotics & sinus problemsI have had strep 3 times ear infections 6 times in the last year andsinus infections on a continual basis... The doctor told me theother infections was caused by the drip down the back of the sinusand throat... I just finished my 4th z pack in the last 6 months andmy sinus is still packed and throat still hurts... ????...I used tobe a sever hay fever allergy sufferer BUT I can say that my " hayfever " has gone away since I went gluten free since I was diagnosed acouple years ago...--- In , Linden <redchickn@...>wrote:>> I was on Tetracycline too, in my teenage years, and I have oftenwondered if they have played a part. Right now I'm actually on mysecond round of antibiotics (Biaxin) in two months for a sinusinfection. I hate to take them, but I can't seem to get thisinfection to go away -- the neti pot, etc. helps, but hasn't beenenough. (I take a ton of probiotics every day year round tocounteract the antibiotics.)> > Speaking of which: How many people out there suffer from sinusproblems? I was almost constantly congested when I was in the throesof celiac disease. It's much more manageable now that I'm on a gfdiet, but, still, I have problems. My ear nose and throat doc hasrecommended sinus surgery. I do have several structural problems.> > >>> L²> > ---------------------------------> Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.>

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have had the same, Maia. Until I stopped eating obvious gluten five years ago,

suspecting that I had CD, and waiting until September of 2007 at age 48, for a

diagnosis, I had clogged sinuses. I didn’t know gluten was so embedded into

the food market other than bread. Since September, I’ve been very diligent

about finding where it is hiding, other than bread products. My sinuses

cleared. I still have circles under my eyes some days more than others. My

iron level was at 5 and vitamin/mineral deficiencies high. I imagine my body

is trying to build itself up, now.

Karie

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Maia Alpern

Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:57 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Auto-immune diseases & antibiotics

& sinus problems

I have had sinus problems my whole life. I can't

ever remember being

able to fully breathe from both nostrils at the same time. I think in

hindsight my cd triggered before 5 or 6 but I wasn't diagnosed until

50. How about dark under eye circles? I have had them since

childhood too. Anyone else?

Maia