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Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: lizzog on August 25, 2018, 03:11:51 PM

Title: Sinus issues
Post by: lizzog on August 25, 2018, 03:11:51 PM

Just got back from holiday where we were snorkelling and swimming in the sea most days. On the first day my sinuses were a little painful then on subsequent days felt clearer, my left ear then became very waxy (lovely!), my nose was dripping and I was sneezing a lot.
The flight back seems to have dried them out even more and I feel stuffy and sneezy. It also seems to have made my asthma worse. My pharmacist has given me Otrivine as a short term measure and I'm using Sterimar which also really helps me.
Any more tips?

Title: Re: Sinus issues
Post by: Roseneath on August 26, 2018, 03:16:10 PM

Steam with menthol or Vics in the water. Stay off milk. I suffer from ear or sinus problems a week or so after I fly. Dry air or virus's I don't know which. Can take a good few weeks to go. Makes me a bit wobbly but that is the ear thing apparently. I have very narrow ear canals. Has got worse with age.