Can you advise me on a sinus issue?!
Question: Can you advise me on a sinus issue.?
Usually when I wake up in the morning I'm only breathing through 1 nostril. I can't breathe through my mouth when I sleep because I drool and wake up at night with a dry mouth. So I breathe through my nose. The trouble is one nostril gets completely blocked as if shut inside. I think it depends on which side I turn to when I sleep but it's not always the same nostril. I usually wake up at night to use the toilet and I've heard that this might be a symptom of sleep apnoea. So I'm wondering if my nostril shutting is inhibiting my breathing at night. In the morning it doesn't open until I stand up and start moving around. If I'm lying in bed and block the nostril that's working ok, I cannot breathe through the other. Can you advise me on how I might deal with this.?Health Question & Answer
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Your septum (the barrier between your nostrils) is probably crooked. Most are; a perfectly straight one is a medical curiosity. When you lie down, the extra blood in your head can cause minor nasal congestion by making insides of your nose swell; this is very common (as an aside, it's a 24-7 thing to astronauts living in zero-G environments).
In other words, your crooked septum makes your nasal passage narrow, and the congestion from lying down does the rest. When you stand up, the blood drains from your nose, and you clear up. This is why I suspect the septum over mucus (which is where others suggest nasal irrigation)
It's not always the same nostril because it might be the cartilage part of the septum (not the bone) that's crooked. This can cause it to snap back and forth like a hairpin.
Your main concerns are tooth decay due to dry mouth (if someone observes you breathing through your mouth while you sleep), and maybe a susceptibility to sinus infections. That said -- assuming you're an adult -- if you don't have a history of either by now, this isn't something to get surgically repaired.Health Question & Answer
In other words, your crooked septum makes your nasal passage narrow, and the congestion from lying down does the rest. When you stand up, the blood drains from your nose, and you clear up. This is why I suspect the septum over mucus (which is where others suggest nasal irrigation)
It's not always the same nostril because it might be the cartilage part of the septum (not the bone) that's crooked. This can cause it to snap back and forth like a hairpin.
Your main concerns are tooth decay due to dry mouth (if someone observes you breathing through your mouth while you sleep), and maybe a susceptibility to sinus infections. That said -- assuming you're an adult -- if you don't have a history of either by now, this isn't something to get surgically repaired.Health Question & Answer
Your sinus juice (snot) is moving to the nostril facing the pillow cause of gravity. You could blow your nose (I know it doesn't always help), or I think there's medicine that makes your snot runnyer (I made that word up:). Don't think it's sleep apnea but if you believe it is maybe you should talk to your doc about it.
Wow sounds like Dragonch... knows what he's talkin' about.Health Question & Answer
Wow sounds like Dragonch... knows what he's talkin' about.Health Question & Answer
Check out a nasal irrigator.
Using one has made my sinus problems much better.
I too wake up with one or both nostrils clogged.Health Question & Answer
Using one has made my sinus problems much better.
I too wake up with one or both nostrils clogged.Health Question & Answer
Netti pot.Health Question & Answer
talk to your doctor, or get some medicineHealth Question & Answer
I use to to cure sinus infections. THere are many kinds of bacteria that live in the sinuses, and this gets rid of all the bad ones!.This is the only thing that really helped me --- my Dr. told me about a sinus wash that will kill bacteria.
you need
distilled water
sea salt
liquid chlorophyll and colloidal silver from the health food store.
in a glass mix 1/4 cup water with a pinch of salt and heat to body temperature.
add 5 drops each silver and chlorophyll and mix.
using a large dropper (like one used for infant medication) drop 2 full droppersfull into one side of the nose while laying down.
Turn the head and let it drain out the other nostril. Be sure to have paper towels handy.
The silver kills the bacteria and there are several hundred kind that can live in the sinus cavities and anti biotics don't get rid of them all.
Do this twice a day for a week, mixing up the mixture fresh each time.
Then do it once a week for maintenance.
There is nothing in this that will hurt you, and it cured me.
then take 1/2 zyrtec at bedtime.
best wishesHealth Question & Answer
you need
distilled water
sea salt
liquid chlorophyll and colloidal silver from the health food store.
in a glass mix 1/4 cup water with a pinch of salt and heat to body temperature.
add 5 drops each silver and chlorophyll and mix.
using a large dropper (like one used for infant medication) drop 2 full droppersfull into one side of the nose while laying down.
Turn the head and let it drain out the other nostril. Be sure to have paper towels handy.
The silver kills the bacteria and there are several hundred kind that can live in the sinus cavities and anti biotics don't get rid of them all.
Do this twice a day for a week, mixing up the mixture fresh each time.
Then do it once a week for maintenance.
There is nothing in this that will hurt you, and it cured me.
then take 1/2 zyrtec at bedtime.
best wishesHealth Question & Answer