Tag Archives: chronic sinusitis
Minimally-Invasive Sinus Surgery
Posted on07. Jul, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.When Surgery to Treat Sinusitis is Needed. Part 2 When considering surgery for a child with chronic sinusitis … When all else fails … Last week I reviewed the first step in surgery to treat your child’s chronic sinusitis – adenoidectomy. We also talked about sinus centesis and new methods for identifying the bacteria that [...]
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When Your Child Absolutely MUST Have Sinus Surgery
Posted on30. Jun, 2011 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
.When Surgery to Treat Sinusitis is Needed. Part 1 When considering surgery for a child with chronic sinusitis … Before even considering sinus surgery for a child, I insist that a strong, integrative holistic medical approach has been tried, and failed. All other options must have been exhausted. This includes doing daily sinus rinses. Really [...]
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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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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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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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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Reflux (and you should)
Posted on09. Sep, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
Nearly half of us will have reflux every month. We usually know it as “heartburn” – that burning discomfort of reflux esophagitis. But our kids usually don’t experience heartburn. Check the 6 symptoms of reflux in children here.
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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.
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The “Ciliopathies”
Posted on20. May, 2010 by Russell A. Faust, PhD, MD.
When those little hair-like cilia don’t work normally, bad things happen. The medical terms are “dysmotile cilia syndrome”, “primary ciliary dyskinesia”, and acquired or “secondary ciliary dyskinesia.” All contribute to ear infections (otitis, mastoiditis), sinus infections (rhinosinusitis), and other respiratory infections. Whether “primary” or acquired, here are some tips that might help.
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