Managing Sinusitis Without Antibiotics
If you suffer from chronic sinusitis and have been through multiple courses of antibiotics, then you know the ills of the antibiotic approach. The antibiotics leave you with intestinal problems and often yeast infections. If you’re lucky, the antibiotics will eliminate the sinus infection for six months or so. The next time it comes back, you have to try a different antibiotic that will cost more and make you feel worse.
So why is this cycle escalating? Why aren’t you winning the war when you frequently win the battles? Because the antibiotic solution does more harm than good. It shifts the fauna and flora of bacteria in your sinuses to those that are difficult to kill with antibiotics and leaves you with a more formidable foe after each round.
(1) Even worse, antibiotics won’t kill the fungus; the fungus is left to expand and grow. The antibiotics are taken systemically, which means they are coursing through your entire body when you only need them in your sinuses. This distorts all of the fauna in your body and can lead to a yeast infection. So what’s a sinus sufferer to do?
Glad you asked. The problem is twofold. First, you are fighting a symbiotic relationship between fungus and bacteria with an active agent that kills only the bacteria is. Second, the active agent you use to kill the bacteria kills only some of the bacteria. The microbes that are not susceptible to your chosen antibiotic will take over the feeding grounds of the ones you have killed, leaving you with a fauna of germs you cannot kill with antibiotics.
Fungi live in the sinuses.
This is a recipe for taking a bad neighborhood and making it worse by killing off only the weakest of criminals. Let’s explore the first point. Your sinuses are host to many fungi. They thrive on the mucopolysaccharides (mucus) that line your sinus passage and produce exotoxins irritating sinus membranes. Your immune system does its best to kill these invaders, but this is a constant battle, for every breath you take contains molds, bacteria, and viruses.
What makes this problem worse is the fact that the fungus acts as a layer of insulation on which the bacteria can live and thrive. (2) The bacteria can digest the conversion of the mucopolysaccharides by the fungus and live on top of them. In this manner, they are insolated from your immune system, and the drugs intended to reach them since the drugs are distributed via your micro-capillary bed.
How to cope with sinusitis
And so you see, to approach the problem of sinusitis with merely a systemic antibiotic to kill the bacteria would be only half the solution. You need an anti-fungal to attenuate the mold population (fungi) that inhabit your sinuses and insulate the bacteria from the reach of your immune system and the antibiotics. (4) Moreover, taking these drugs orally delivers a huge body burden; in most cases, very little actually reaches the pathogens. You need to apply the anti-microbial directly to the infection.
And now for the second part. It is very important to choose an anti-microbial that will kill all the bacteria. Antibiotics work in three discrete manners and can kill three different groups of bacteria. Each type of antibiotic will kill only a portion of the fauna. This leaves the survivors to take over the nutritious sinus tissue made available when you kill the “easy” bacteria.
Antimicrobial solution
You want a broad-spectrum antimicrobial that kills all types of bacteria as evenly as possible so that you don’t just kill the easy ones. You also need an antimicrobial that will kill fungus. Ah, so you ask, “where can I find such an active agent that kills fungus and all types of bacteria?”
Glad you asked. As it turns out, a pure aqueous colloid of silver is both anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. Better still, when this pure aqueous colloid of silver is of sufficient potency (greater than 35ppm) and is mixed with a surfactant to enhance penetration into cells (such as Tween-20), it is phenomenally effective; showing kill ratios of greater than 1 million in less than 5 minutes. (3) We call this combination an Enhanced Aqueous Silver Colloid. This can be found under the trade name Sinus Relief.
Moreover, it can be sprayed directly into the sinuses, so it doesn’t have to be taken systemically. This is a huge reduction in the amount you need to use/ingest. You won’t have powerful antimicrobials coursing throughout your entire body, killing beneficial bacteria in your entire body. You apply it ONLY where the infection is occurring: in your nose.
An effective approach to managing sinusitis
Of course, the mucosal flow is pretty large since you have a sinus infection. This will flush the antimicrobial from the area in less than 10 minutes. (5) It is absolutely paramount to the success of this therapy that the environment be replenished with the antimicrobial agent every 20 to 30 minutes. Not only does the mucus carry away the antimicrobial, but the bacteria and fungus can double in numbers every 20 minutes. In order to get ahead of their reproduction rate, one needs to repeatedly spray and kill them.
So you see, the balanced, holistic approach to sinusitis rests with using the right active agent, in the right concentration, in the right place, and with the right protocol. If this is done, you will attenuate the fungus and the bacteria without shifting the fauna and flora. You will re-establish a healthy balance of power in your nose. This solution to sinusitis is superior to the antibiotic approach as it doesn’t create fauna and flora immune to the treatment and doesn’t disturb any other part of your body.
Neti Pot helps in sinusitis
If you are one who appreciates the benefit of using a neti pot, you will understand that it reaches the most remote caverns of your sinuses on the first day. Most Neti Pot protocols, however, suggest using saline. Bacteria and fungus love saline, so the only benefit you would get from that protocol is that some will be washed away. Very few are washed away, though, as they are protected and held secure by a slime layer.
(6) You can fill your sinuses with a powerful natural antimicrobial (an enhanced aqueous colloid of silver such as Super Neti Juice) and then close your nose with your fingers. Sitting this way for ten or more minutes will kill more bacteria and fungus than a week of antibiotics. Doing this in the morning and the evening produces extraordinary benefits in relieving difficult sinus infections. Remember to thoroughly rinse your neti pot with distilled water before putting the colloid in it. Salt residue from the saline will ruin the colloid.
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Keywords:
- (1) Sinusitis
- (2) Sinus infection
- (3) Antibiotics
- (4) Neti-pot
- (5) Nasal spray
- (6) Congestion
- (7) Bacteria
- (8) Fungus
- (9) Antimicrobial
- (10) Sinus mucosa
- (11) Deviated septum
About the Author
Mr. Frank has been performing medical research for more than two decades. In that time, he has developed numerous natural health products that address prevalent issues. Much of his research and testing focuses on antimicrobial agents and techniques, including respiratory therapies and combating biofilms. He can be reached for comment at [email protected] or through MyNaturesRite.com.
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