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well I have a similar problem with the left nostril. What I have been doing is hot compresses against my face and nose, steaming myself over a bowl of hot water and rhinocort aqua nose spray.

Pretty much have to do this continually and eventually the swelling will go down for awhile. Till you get some Dr. Help anyway.

Hope this helps. :lol:

on hayfever and rhinocort sprays the dr put me on and nothing unblocks one nostril.had operation to cut out swelling that started last year and the nose is still the same.dr now doesn't know what is wrong.i need urgent help as this is interfering with everything i do even my sleeping.i'm 43 and this started all of a sudden last year in one nostril only.i blow the nose sometimes and nothing is there.please help me

I have had the same problem for years.

Hi Dears
I had three nasal polyps removal surgeries so far.The re-growing polyps are caused by sinus inflammation. Obviously I used all possible remedies over-the-counter but none of them had worked for me indeed. By chance I have found about very controversial method called URINOTHERAPY.
Since I have started using that method my never ending nasal problems had gone away hopefully for good. I use it only externally by inhaling it through my nostrils twice a day.
In my opinion there is no any chances to be cured completely by using conventional methods.
Apart from my nasal problems also other health problems went away.

Cheers
Dan

Dan you are an insensitive man and i bet you have no idea how painful sinusitis or polyps actually are.
Another dead end.. One day I will find a cure for my honey.

My sinus swells like a balloon. Swells on the outside too. It is very obvious and is causing me to lose my mind. I had a deviated septum surgury a couple years ago which did nothing. I am still paying that one off. I have no medical insurance which keeps me away from going to see a specialist. I try everything. I try to stay away from dairy and wheat but I still can't breathe. what the h-ll is going on?

Sounds pretty much like what I have. It's at its worse when I'm trying to sleep. If I'm lying on my right side then my right nostril will plug up and my left nostril will be free. If I flip over to my left side then my right nostril will clear up, both nostrils will be free for a few seconds and then my left nostril will begin to plug up. SO I'm constantly turning all night long just to get to sleep. It's really frustrating. I've had several trips to the doctor where they did this burning thing inside my nose, didn't help. And I even had a deviated septum surgery which didn't help (I was able to breath well for about a day after they removed all the gauze and crap from my nose but then it was back to the same old stuff). After that I gave up. I really wish I could find something to help.

I have the same problem. The specialist said I had swelling of the sinuses on both sides. He recommended a 1)saline spray self-treatment, which I am starting today, then if that doesnt work a steroid prescription to break the cycle of swelling. Have any of you tried that?

I've tried different kinds of sprays including a saline spray (not really a spray, it was this thing you stuck up one nostril and tilted your head a certain way and let the saline water kinda rinse through, and the water is supposed to come out through the other nostril lol). None of it worked. Never got any steroid prescription though.

Ktkore - what you used is called a neti (net-ee) pot. I've just started using it and am finding some relief. My bro-in-law used it out of desperation - it took two weeks of doing it morning and before bed and now he feels great. He didn't know how bad he felt until he felt better! We both suffer from adult-on-set allergies and began to have serious trouble with our sinuses after age 42. We - an many others we know - are allergic to all kinds of stuff and keeping away from those helps a lot too. I've been forced to "go organic" - I all natural products to clean, wear no perfume or lotion with perfume, I use laundry soap and dryer sheets with NO perfumes, I must vacuum and dust often, no flowers in the house, got rid of all carpets and put in laminate floors; pets are banished to the yard - it's all small stuff but it helps and I feel better now. A word of caution - we both got to the point where we "could not inhale" when we were around things like diesel exhaust or dust. My doc says it's an ASTHMA symptom, not sinuses so he really wants me to do all I can to reduce the inflamation - remove the allergens or it will only get worse. Good luck to you all.

Wow--- It's actually somewhat comforting just to know that I'm not crazy. I've had this problem--- left sinus swelled shut but not due to congestion, then switches to right side when I change my sleep position,etc... for years. Everyone thinks I'm a nut.
For me, nettie pots were useless, allergy medicine useless, sinus surgery useless, saline sprays useless, flonase useless, blowing nose, useless, etc... Only thing that works for me is the 7 day steroid pack but the doctor won't prescribe it more than once every several months, so it comes right back eventually. I can't believe in this day and age that doctors haven't been able to figure this problem out.

I had this really bad up till a few years ago.
Around 3-4 years ago my sinus got so bad i got addicted to nasal sprays. The specialist said i was allergic to dustmmites, but there wasnt really much i could do about it. I havent tried saline sprays BUT my mum gave me a home remedie where instead it was lukewarm water and a few pinches of salt which was filled in a cup and using a spoon, inhaled in each nostril and spat out through the mouth into the sink. Im assuming this is similar to what sinus_sufferer as i did repeat this every day when i woke up and before i went to sleep. It is spring now, and 3 years after i did this exercise for 2-4weeks, i can still mostly breath through both nostrils, and this year my allergies have gone really bad, i'll probably continue to do this exercise once more. And trust me, you don't want to get addicted to nasal sprays as they will stuff you over and possibly damage the lining of your nose. Most give you rebound congestion if you use them for 3 consecutive days. Try my luke warm water method salt (enough to make the water mildly salty when you inhale) You will actually find that a lot of mucus comes out when u spit out the water and blow your nose at the end when you've finish the cup of water.
Hope this helps, another sinus sufferer...good to know i'm not alone
Once again, stay off the sprays!
Also, i don't have that switching thing as bad anymore.
TRY my method and i guarantee you that you will have the satisfaction of breathing through both nostrils without the use of sprays which are bad for you anyway..
Good luck!