Connect
← Return to Pseudomonas in sinuses
Discussion
Comment receiving replies
@betsey I too have been diagnosed with pseudomonas in my sinus (right maxillary) after a few years of chronic sinusitis. Did you find an antibiotic that worked to eradicate it? I recently had oral surgery to remove infection from the bone above a root canal (and the root debris left in there), had a bone graft, and it seems to be healing. However the infection in my sinus is not gone. I've been on several antibiotics (now on colistimethate in a rinse which isn't doing anything). I'm beginning to think I need to find a different doctor that will have more of a sense of urgency in eradicating it. I mean it was in my jaw bone...what is to say it hasn't spread to other bones in my sinuses! Anyway, any news on your journey would be appreciated.
Replies to "@betsey I too have been diagnosed with pseudomonas in my sinus (right maxillary) after a few..."
I’ve known I had pseudomonas in my sinuses for 13 years. I was on IV antibiotics then for 3 months but they were improperly given I later learned from Infectious Disease at our hospital. It remains dormant until triggered. I knew 2 years ago it was active but couldn’t get a culture to show it. It has a neon biofilm around it. If you are getting drainage with an almost clear sticky neon color, that’s biofilm. I was again diagnosed about 3 months ago. I took Cipro for 6 weeks (recommended by the lab) and the Pseudomonas GREW. Then I was but on IVs of Impenum and that is 3 times daily for 5 weeks and my drainage is still green. I go to Infectious Disease tomorrow. I am not playing around with this any longer. It can be fatal. If it’s in your bone you need to go somewhere like Cleveland Clinic. Mine has shown up on two MRIs over the past 3 years. I have lost all my teeth but 4 with the explanation it was dry mouth! Let me know anything you know. My research said only 13% of sinus infections are this bacteria.
Connect
@meli2024 What symptoms did you have with the Pseudomonas in your maxillary sinus? I had sinus surgery for a complete blockage of my left maxillary sinus and the doctor said it was one of the worst he has seen, but keeps insisting it wasn't in the bone. The infection has not gone away, and he just did a culture. Waiting for results. He did mention possible Pseudomonas. I have a horrible smell in my sinus all of the time, to the point where it makes me nauseated. I'm doing saline rinses with baby shampoo, but he has so far declined to do any antibiotic rinses. I'm not sure why. I have been on 6 courses of antibiotics over the past 4 months, and he has prescribed my 7th course, but I have refused to take it. I'm currently battling side effects from the many courses of antibiotics, and am just not willing unless I have systemic effects from the infection. He finally referred me to someone else, but I can't get in until August. Did the bone infection show up on a scan? Thanks!