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Thick yellow post nasal drip, why?
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Sep 12 12:35pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
Very interesting. These are all very valid points for me to consider. Two other factors which may be of interest -- 1) we had a significant mold outbreak in our house a few months before surgery until several months after, and 2) not even prednisone gives me the near full relief that medication does (and I'm just guessing, but I think prednisone would be a stronger anti-inflammatory than antibiotics or antifungals).
I am allergic to mold, and my allergist wonders if I had a severe reaction to mold in the house right after surgery.
Good question about chronic rhinosinusitis. I think I did fall into that category, as I had sinus infections that would clear up and return within days of the completion of my antibiotics for about 6 months. I believe my turbinates were quite large, so much so that I couldn't breathe out of one nostril for more than a year. No doubt my allergies didn't help with that.
Maybe of interest is that my allergist added mold antigens to my allergy shots about 10 weeks ago, and since then, my fever is about 1/2 a degree lower on average. I also have more energy and can, on the whole, smell a bit better. So all I can say is that *maybe* mold has something to do with all this, but I can't confirm it.
I also have tested positive for both staph pseudintermedius and staph intermedius with my nasal swabs in 2021. Both did show they were susceptible to normal antibiotics on the culture. I had high hopes someone would take a tissue sample to check for mold, but no one wants to.
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@303wendy-
That is interesting additional info.
People w/ allergies naturally have a weakened epithelium barrier. Doesn’t mean there is anything wrong, just means more sensitive.
Your allergist sounds like they are well equipped to help you in that area of the mold issues if that has been playing a factor.
So many people have mold sensitivities. Was anyone else around you affected?
Either way I’m so sorry you are dealing with this.
I do believe that our nasal/sinus lining is so delicate, even more so in an allergic type person.
One ENT explained it to me like this. Someone with low level but stable Rhinosinusitis has sinus epithelium that has developed a “callus” of defense so to speak. With sinus surgery this callus is removed and new epithelium has to form as brand new and get used to a brand new way to defend. This is why allergic patients just don’t do as well with sinus surgery because the new epithelium sometimes just doesn’t have the capacity to fend off all the new things coming its way.
I know you are tired of explaining “symptoms” but what are the worst symptoms that you are still dealing with today?
Oral prednisone has also done nothing for me either.
Are your nasal passages clear now?
Something else to add in-once you are a post op patient and you mention the word “pain” to a surgeon they assume it’s all neurological. Verbiage becomes very important.
I have learned that they will listen the word “pressure” more seriously than they will the word pain. If you can point to specific areas etc they “sometimes” are more receptive.
Post surgery things become very subjective vs. objective which can be very frustrating.