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Exactly when to visit your doctor with cold symptoms can be puzzling. Every week I see patients that can’t seem to wait to come in to let me know they have “been sick for three days”, whereas others “have been fighting this for 3 months” before they seek care. A recent study in the Journal […]
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association disputes benefit provided by antibiotics for sinus infections. In this study patients were randomly given a placebo pill or amoxicillin (a basic first-line antibiotic for sinus infections) for 10 days. They found that there was no difference in symptom improvement at day 3 […]
via Medical News: Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Second Neti Pot User – in Infectious Disease, Infection Control from MedPage Today. Wow! Louisiana State officials are announcing they have linked a second death from amoebic meningitis to the use of the Neti Pot. This is a terrible 100% fatal form of meningitis that happens when a particular amoeba, […]
A change in smelling ability (the sense of “olfaction”) is known as anosmia or parosmia. It is of course very common with the cold, flu, or sinusitis, but can be a real burden if the loss of smell sticks around afterwards. The most common reason for anosmia is swelling in the top of the nasal […]
IntersectEnt.com This week I used the novel steroid-eluting Propel stent in the operating room for the first time. It is a new FDA approved device to improve healing after endoscopic sinus surgery. The device deployed well, and seemed to fit snugly. It is designed to absorb over a thirty-day period. I really like the device […]
There are many specific issues to consider when sinus surgery is recommended by your otolaryngologist. Most patients I see for a “second opinion” about their sinuses do in fact have sinuses that justify surgery. However somewhere along the way the goals and expectations of surgery have been forgotten. Here are the questions you should be […]
We joke that if your doctor suggests you get rid of your cat to control allergies, then you’re more likely to get rid of your doctor. This is probably very true, however many of the things we can do to control our environment are fairly painless and may be things you haven’t thought of before. Pet […]
This week I helped Dr. Jennifer Shu answer a reader’s question on her weekly CNNHealth Blog. http://bit.ly/p49Eja
The humidity plus many of the urban environments that Atlanta provides is ripe for producing allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS). In fact the southeast United States has the highest rate of fungal sinus conditions in the world. Allergic fungal sinusitis is type of sinusitis caused by an abnormal response to otherwise “normal” fungi in the […]