sinus problems

[Trisha56]

I have been having sinus issues for a year now every morning i blow my nose i have yellow thick snot sometimes green, i have been on antibiotics a while ago it didn't do anything at all but cause me to have a bad infection in my bowels, i have had ct of the sinsus area all ok, my nose is constantly stuffy and i do cough up sometimes light yellow to clear mucus sometimes its thick little clear balls, i am a smoker half a pack a day, i am trying to quit not sure if this is causing it or if it is allergies or something the drs are missing, there is no infection. I am 30 years old and not sure if anyone else has had this or has any suggestions.

Thanks

[allmymarbles]

Another suggestion. Try taking 500 mg of vitamin B5 daily. It is a mucus thinner and an anti-inflammatory. This has helped me greatly. There are no side effects.

[allmymarbles]

Try dripping saline into each nostril. Then take a couple of good sniffs. If the stuffiness is better but still there, do the same thing over again.

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. You may be having chronic sinusitis. Try supportive measures like steam inhalation about three times a day, this would aid in mucolysis and this can be drained posturally. The more the discharge is drained and the sinuses kept dry, the better healing is possible. Send this sputum for culture and sensitivity and try to change the antibiotic according to the culture and sensitivity report. Upper airway reactivity due to chronic smoking is also a possible cause. Take care.