Brain Fog from Sinus infection and inflammation

@ess77 - I have been preaching saline rinses for years and years - better to get hooked on that than other nose sprays.
The recipe I use for hypertonic saline is 3/4 tsp Kosher salt and 1/4 tsp sodium bicarbonate in one cup distilled water.
I’m sorry to hear that you have Sarcoidosis- no wonder your lungs are sensitive. I don’t know why my lungs are so sensitive- maybe the asthma.
Let’s hope our Southern summer won’t be too humid and rainy!
Be well!

@asteingegerdm, and all...I've become a serious saline rinse encourager...In addition to helping my sinuses and head to feel better, I breath better and have far fewer infections of whatever kind, bacterial or viral. Not the case prior to the nasal rinse use. In fact, before using the nasal rinse, I often had earaches and my right ear felt stopped up all the time, causing impaired hearing. No doctor ever found anything causing this issues in my ear...no liquid or wax or infection-nothing. It was extremely frustrating for several years.
Now, no ear issues, unless I don't use the nasal rinse enough. I'm learning to use it several days weekly, and every day at times. I imagine it will soon become a normal part of my evening schedule, if not both am/pm.
At age 35 I developed asthma, for the first time. And, hayfever, allergies. Docs say this isn't unusual, to develop these things later. Yuck. But, I'm getting all these issues under bette control these days. Fingers crossed.
Be well, be safe and be blessed. Elizabeth

@astaingegerdm Hello Inge,

I had never heard of hypertonic saline before I read your post. Regular saline rinses did little (to nothing) to help with my nasal congestion. So I ordered some hypertonic saline from Amazon and it really made a difference. I'm probably going to stop the prescription strength nose spray and just use this.

I so appreciate this suggestion!!

Teresa, I’m so happy it worked for you!
It acts as a decongestant at that strength.
Overthecounter sprays sometimes does the opposite, if used for too many days.

Hello all...I went University of Iowa for second opinion and dr. said it probably not sinus causing temporal headaches...them went to gp and he sad it could be trigeminal neuralgia...he prescribed oxcarbazepine 300 mg...150 mg twice daily...it seemed to help..also my ent said it could be a combination of both sinusitis and trigeminal neuralgia

Sinus surgery damages mucus membranes. That allown can allow allergies to stick to sinuses and nay not cure problem. Look for a neurologist who did a headache fellowship