Archive for 'Rhinitis'
Brain-Eating Amoeba and Nasal Rinses?
Posted on29. Dec, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
The following post is based on a Telephone Interview from 12/22/2011, on the topic of Amoebic Meningoencephalitis, with Robert W. Tolan, Jr., M. D., FAAP, FIDSA. You can read more about Dr. Tolan’s impressive credentials below. To summarize, Dr. Tolan is the real deal, and is perhaps the best-qualified person to answer my question: Will nasal [...]
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Rhinitis of Pregnancy: Allergic Rhinitis, or Something Else?
Posted on08. Dec, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Treating Allergic Rhinitis During Pregnancy There are now several well-written reviews about managing allergic rhinitis during pregnancy. “Why should that be a special problem?” you may ask. Well, ANY time a woman who is growing a person inside of them is exposed to medications, there is the potential for harm to her fetus – that [...]
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Allergy Testing: How They Do It
Posted on01. Dec, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.Allergy Tests According to the Americam College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology: More than 50 Million people in the US have allergies Adults and children of any age can be tested Testing options include Skin tests, or Blood tests 2 types of skin tests: Drop of suspected allergen is scratched on the skin surface, usually [...]
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Some Simple Steps to Reduce You Child’s Nose Bleeds [video]
Posted on27. Oct, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Reducing Epistaxis in Your Child: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ For More Reading – this Blog: This video: http://youtu.be/hgcSFXZez8k Nose bleeds – Epistaxis: How to Stop It, How to Prevent It, When to See the Doc Part 1 – Anatomy of Nose Bleeds: http://wp.me/pR4iB-S Part 2 – Nose Bleeds: What To Do? http://wp.me/pR4iB-W Part 3 – 8 Things [...]
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Nasal Foreign Bodies
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.Your 3-year-old is “helping” his big sister (7 years old) clean her room. He finds a necklace of glass beads, and – of course – wonders whether they will fit into his nose. Because he is a little scientist, he performs an experiment, and voila – nasal foreign body. An object that does not belong [...]
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What to Look For in a Humidifier – An Update
Posted on09. Sep, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.This is an update from an article that I posted about a year ago, What to Look For in a Humidifier: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly. As we enter the cold and flu season, as the weather cools down and we turn up the heat at home, at school, and at work, nasal drying [...]
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You CAN Control Your Child’s Allergies
Posted on04. Aug, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Allergic rhinitis – usually simply called “allergies” – is a chronic illness resulting in stuffy, runny nose, nasal congestion. Itchy, burning eyes and general low energy are often associated. Take a look at those couple of pollen grains and it’s easy to see why your eyes might itch. Ouch! You know all that, or you wouldn’t [...]
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When Your Allergic Rhinitis Is NOT Allergic
Posted on16. Jun, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Most of the readers of this blog site are familiar with the symptoms of rhinitis: Stuffy nose – nasal congestion Runny nose – “rhinorrhea” Phlegm in the throat – “post-nasal drip” Most of us make the assumption that these are signs of allergies – allergic rhinitis – that these symptoms result from an allergic reaction [...]
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THE Single Most Common Misconception About Sinus Headaches
Posted on26. May, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
When is a “sinus headache” NOT from your sinuses? When it IS from your sinuses, what can you do about it? Those of us with the diagnosis of sinusitis are familiar with a “sinus headache” – the pain and sense of sinus pressure. We just know that the pain that we are experiencing is from [...]
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Rhinitis medicamentosa
Posted on12. May, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Getting the Oxymetazoline Monkey Off Your Back: Don’t Become an Oxy-Addict! Oxymetazoline – Afrin, Neosynephrine, Dristan – oxymetazoline. If you have chronic nasal congestion, oxymetazoline can provide pure magical relief. For short periods. It can reduce nasal swelling to help eliminate an acute sinusitis, or simply to help open your nose during a “cold”. [...]
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Poll Results: What is Your Method for Nasal Saline Rinses?
Posted on31. Mar, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Well, the poll results are in. I usually try to take a poll down once a couple hundred results are recorded. This poll has reached over 290 results, and the results were not what I had expected: What Methods Do We Use for Nasal Saline Rinses? 51% still use the Neti pot, as you can [...]
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Top 15 Posts So Far
Posted on24. Mar, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
This is boogordoctor.com’s first birthday, so I thought it might be a good time to review what you thought were the best articles here. I recently thanked y’all for making my first ever blogging experience a good one. I have met many friends through this blog, and according to emails and comments, have helped some [...]
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Rhinitis of Pregnancy – What It Is, What To Do About It
Posted on03. Mar, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Miracles Yes, growing a new human inside you is a miracle, one of life’s wonders. Something to cherish, and we men envy this about you. You – woman – are amazing! But, we don’t envy the physiological toll that pregnancy collects from you women – pregnancy, for all of its beauty, can be physically grueling. [...]
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5-Step Program to Eliminate Chronic Sinusitis (and 1 more)
Posted on24. Feb, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
We know that chronic sinusitis is the result of biofilm-forming bacteria. How can we use that information to treat sinusitis? Here is a 5-step program to eliminate biofilm and sinusitis – for you or your child.
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Biofilms and Chronic Sinusitis
Posted on10. Feb, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Bacteria in “Biofilms” have properties that make them difficult to kill, both with antibiotics, and by our immune system. These properties of biofilms help explain the clinical features of chronic rhino-sinusitis, or CRS. Here are the facts.
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Ask The Expert – Teach Your Child to Blow Their Nose
Posted on20. Jan, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
I often receive emails asking how parents can get their toddlers or children to blow their noses. It can be frustrating – for both parents and their children. And all of that nose goop is just setting your child up for a more serious rhinitis or sinusitis. In this Ask The Expert article, Dr. Hana tells us how she teaches kids to blow their noses.
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TESTING – CT Imaging the Sinuses
Posted on02. Dec, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Another family just came to see me, referred for “sinus headaches”. They bring a computer disc with them containing the CT scan of their 4-year-old’s sinuses. The child has had many CT scans. As we review them, it quickly becomes clear that no one has ever reviewed ANY of the scans with them. So I gave them a short course in “Reading Sinus CT Scans”. Here it is …
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Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Otitis, Laryngitis, Adenoiditis, Tonsillitis Are All Connected
Posted on25. Nov, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Cut From the Same Cloth The Unified Airway Model helps explain why children who have rhinitis also get more than their share of otitis (ear infections) or adenoiditis or tonsillitis or sinusitis or asthma exacerbations, etc. All these anatomic regions have a similar lining, and when one area becomes inflamed or infected, they can all [...]
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Quit Smoking: Do It For Your Kids
Posted on21. Oct, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
If You, or Your Children, Have Asthma, Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Otitis, … If your child has any of these chronic inflammatory aero-digestive disorders, YOU. MUST. QUIT. SMOKING. Tobacco smoke has been shown, with no doubt, to cause all of these ailments: asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, otitis. Not to mention that smoking will take, on average, 15 years [...]
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Eliminate Your Smoke Exposure
Posted on14. Oct, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Smoking … Bad … We’ve heard about the harm from tobacco smoke these days – the number of cancers related to smoking or chewing tobacco, the cost of respiratory illness such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, or emphysema). We hear about the addictive properties of tobacco smoke, and we see the advertisements [...]
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