Archive for 'Sinusitis'
Chronic Airway-Digestive Inflammatory Disorders: do YOU have CAID?
Posted on23. Sep, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Allergic Rhinitis: 40 – 50 Million in USA with allergic rhinitis 10-30% of adults have allergic rhinitis Almost 40% of children miss some school each year due to allergies! 12 Million doctor-visits per year for allergic rhinitis! 55% of those with sinusitis have history of allergic rhinitis. Sinusitis: estimated 20-30 Million in USA with sinusitis [...]
Continue Reading
Better Living Through LESS Chemistry: 8 Natural Alternatives to Toxic Cleaners
Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) are ubiquitous – they are all around us, and in us. In addition to allergies, rhinitis, asthma, alterations in our immune systems, and neuro-toxicity, these toxins have been linked to cancer, diabetes, and birth defects. We have recently reviewed how to reduce them in our water and our food. Here are some small steps that will make a BIG difference in your life.
Continue Reading
What is the Unified Airway?
Posted on29. Jul, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
In practical terms the Unified Airway Model predicts that challenges affecting one anatomic area of the aero-digestive tract will also likely affect one or more of the other components. Here is the evidence for he UAM, and how to use it to get your kids better.
Continue Reading
Use Plants to Purify and Detoxify Your Air
Posted on15. Jul, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Interesting story: We have NASA and an asthmatic in India to thank for finding the right plants to detoxify our air for us. That’s right, NASA – the space people, and a business man with severe asthma. And plants also provide us with oxygen as an added benefit. Here’s the story …
Continue Reading
The Human Pollution Experiment …
Posted on08. Jul, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
“… OK then, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, we’ll put your little Sally in this box for 6 months, and pipe industrial waste smoke into the box to see how that affects her nose and lungs and stuff. Oh, and we’ll need to take some surgical biopsies occasionally. You’re cool with that, right?
Just sign here …”
Continue Reading
Honey – Nature’s Antibiotic
Posted on24. Jun, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
You may have noticed that your honey never seems to develop mold or bacterial contamination, even when it isn’t refrigerated after opening. We now know why this is: honey has innate anti-microbial activity. Honey is a natural antibiotic !! Who knew? Well, it seems that ancient humans knew: For over 2 thousand years humans have [...]
Continue Reading
The Cost of Sinusitis – Nearly $6 Billion Annually
Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Aside from the fact that chronic rhinitis and sinusitis and other chronic aerodigestive inflammatory diseases (CAID) make our children miserable and decrease their quality of life, what are the costs of sinusitis to society? We know what our child’s illness costs us personally – missed work days due to taking them to the pediatrician’s office, staying home with them because we couldn’t get sitter care on short notice, emotional drain of worry over our sick child, etc. These are some of the personal, indirect costs of childhood illness. But what are the greater costs to society ? What are the direct costs? Is there a way to put a dollar value on what we spend to diagnose and treat sinusitis?
Continue Reading
The 8 Basic Principles to Control Your Child’s Sinusitis
Posted on10. Jun, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
For most of my sinusitis patients, the doctors have tried everything to treat their sinus troubles. Their parents feel like their kids are an ongoing experiment for those docs. Chronic sinusitis is a challenge. Everyone is frustrated: the child, the parents, the docs. There is no easy answer. No quick cure. Even so, you CAN make things better with a few simple rules. Here are the 8 basic tips that you can follow to improve the quality of life for YOUR little boogor-head.
Continue Reading
Thanks ShoutOut
Posted on07. Jun, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
I want to thank “Dr. Hana” for helping put a check mark next to one of my BIG to-do’s. It isn’t often that one of the BIG items on my long (way too long) to-do list gets a check-mark. It is truly remarkable when someone else takes care of the check-mark, with no effort on my part.
Continue Reading
Sinus Rinses: if once/day is good, is 4x/day even better?
Posted on03. Jun, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
And other stuff on my mind …
Continue Reading
Welcome
Hello and thank you for stopping by "Ask the Boogor Doctor". This site is dedicated to helping you achieve optimal health for your children, following an integrative holistic approach to care of the Pediatric Airway: pediatric sinusitis, allergies, asthma, rhinitis, reflux, otitis, and all pediatric ENT.
Together, you and I will ... More...
