I've been in annoying pain all day from sinus pressure. It hurts clear dowwn to my cheek bones by now, which is something I've not experienced before. Does anyone know of a way to make it stop or ease up? (Like pressure points or something.)

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I know how you feel, I get it all above my eyes so it feels like they're inflating, and, regrettably, there's nothing you can do to say 'squeeze out' the pressure - best you can do (gross though it may sound) is plug up one nostril and blow like there's no tomorrow with the other, and then swap - it provides temporary relief. If you're looking for a more long term thing, a bowl of boiling water (i.e. plenty of steam) can help as can crystals or those droplets you can put on your bedding (like Karvol or Vicks) and of course the gel and the strips... lol. But to be honest it's unfortunate in that there's no way to make it go away - I know how you feel though

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I took a hot, steamy shower. The moisture helped a quite a bit, but not completely.

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Take a swiff of dried crushed red pepper, the stuff they stick on pizza. It'll have you sneezing like no tomorrow, and you'll be clear in no time

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Spicy food does work for me most of the time. Try eating something cajun or something.



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Snort some Wasabi.

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Yeah, the spicy food remedy usually works wonders for me too. Your nose will be runny for a while afterwards, but at least you'll be able to breath through it.

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Drink alot of fluids and try doing a physical activity to get adrenaline flowing. Adrenaline will help constrict the vessels in your sinuses.

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Take a teaspoon or so of water and put it in a warm (about 98F, body temperature) glass of water. Then "inhale" or suck it up through your nose, but do not inhale it into your lungs. Please don't kill yourself trying to do this. It invades your sinuses and cleans them out, in my experience (i get sinus infections and the resulting HORRIBLE HEADACHES all the time), and you use salt water because you want it to resemble the fluid in your body OTHERWISE IT WILL HURT.

The feeling is very weird, like when you get alot of water in your nose after going in a pool or falling while water skiing. But then it clears out and is nice, JUST DONT INHALE TOO FAR.


Other than that, try some nasal decongestant stuff... go to a doctor and ask or just browse around the stuff you can buy off the shelf at a supermarket. Alot of them even carry "saline nasal spray".

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Ever try a nasal decongestant?

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oS's idea might work as well. 1/4 teaspoon in 8 ounces of water should be about the same ratio as saline.

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As ludicrous as this sounds, with my allergies I have actually considered it before.

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Um, do you mean a teaspoon of salt in water? otherwise that doesn't make sence to me.

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I once was pondering performing self-accupuncture.

I decided against it.. though it probably would have helped.

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Aah.

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Sinus pressure (I think) is always the cause of my headaches.

And if you inhale crushed red pepper up your nose, it BURNS LIKE HECK!
I once sneezed while eating rice (which I always put hot sauce on), so I had a spicy rice grain in my nose and for a good 10-15 minutes I tried to blow it out.
And never sneeze when drinking soda.

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Apparently the proper ratio is closer to 1/2 a teaspoon of non-iodized salt per cup of water.

I've had alot of luck with this recently, but you need to be careful about how you do it. Look it up on the internet... an hours worth of research will generally reveal some truths to it.

I cannot express the changes... it's amazing. I'm happier because I don't suffer constant headaches, my eyes aren't as blurry, I can hear better, and I'm not nearly as irritable. And everything feels clear.

I've learned that sinus infections and clogs and crap are a very bad situation to be in. I only started having this crap this year, but it's been horrible. I'm more irritable and my grades have been falling. And I can't see straight. But now that I'm actively trying to fix it... it's sooooo much better.

I'm following up on this somewhat old post not to dig up old threads but because I can almost guarantee you sinus sufferers are still suffering.

[This message has been edited by oSiRiS (edited May 06, 2004).]

I tried the water thing while I was in my shower (before I'd read the posts).
Chlorinated water does not feel good within a nasal cavity.

Anyway, the sinus problem stopped after a few days. Headaches bring me down quicker than anything, and usually end up making me sick to my stomach, too.

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Just get a klenex and the hole you made in your head should keep the pressure on nice and tight... or your could consult a doctor but thats only if you start to feel a bit dizzy.

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Dizzy?

Weeeoooohhh!

/passes out

oh crap. sorry i forgot to say this (i have tap water) but you should use bottled water in your case as chlorine is very very bad.

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Um... yeah... when I have nasal congestion.


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Genesis 22:2-5 - And God said unto Abraham "You must kill your son, Isaac." And Abraham said "What? I can't hear you! You'll have to speak into the microphone." And God said "Check, check, check, check. Jerry, can you pull the high end out. I'm getting some hiss up here."
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