Sinus Infection Home Remedy (Doctor Secrets)
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2023
- Sinus infection is very common, miserable, and can happen to you. What is the best thing you can do for a sinus infection? Do antibiotics help a sinus infection? Having a sinus infection is bad enough, don't make it worse by doing the wrong things! This video tells you what you need to know about sinus infections...
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My mom, who would have turned 99 this year, would not take me to the doctor when we had cold symptoms. She said all they want to do is give you an antibiotic and if you take antibiotics for something like a cold then when you really need it for something serious, it won’t work! She also said we needed get over things on our own to build immunity.
That was the 'common' knowledge back before Penicillin became the hot thing in the '50s!!
@@dpeter6396 the common knowledge… on something that didn’t exist yet? Or just that people didn’t run to the doctor for a cold?
No.... Geez. Common knowledge that the problem would go away.....@@kerrytopel9835
What about when you have a horrid cough and wheezing with a sinus infection?
I love using oregano oil nasal spray. I never go to the doctor outside of my annual physical. I'm not on any drugs and I'm 67 and healthier than anyone I know of any age.
There’s a 95-97% chance I’m going to follow Dr. B’s advise.
Lol 😂🎉very droll
Better than zero percent
lol.
😂
There's a 3-5% chance that you're wrong.
Israeli doctors in the 1980s discovered that the rhinovirus dies when heated to 102°. To eliminate a viral sinus infection break out your hair dryer put it under your nose and breathe the warm air for like 5 to 10 minutes as long as you feel it's necessary and do this a couple of times during the day. I have told friends about this and use it on myself and within a few hours maybe 10 hours or less you will notice that your nose clears up, it's not running anymore, that's because the hot air from the hair dryer has killed the virus that's in your nose. The nose is running because the body is trying to flush the virus out. This is real, it always works and that's the truth. Dr Berry is the best but I wanted him to know about this.
Thanks for the reminder. I saw a video on this during the height of ovid.
Wow this is different, I am going to give this a go - thank you
@@daleedwards8691 You are most certainly welcome.
@@Cas3620 You are certainly welcome.
I will give anything a go I’ve definitely got deviated septum reading the comments thank you everyone.
Very hot humid summer in southern latitudes. Not a dry heat in Auckland NZ
What timing! My fever broke at 6:30 this morning, and I feel good after only two days of what seemed sinus-y. Here is what I did: Let my fever do its job; took a couple of very hot, longish showers to loosen things up and help blow and cough it out; used a eucalyptus shower spray; ate very little; drank hot unsweetened elderberry and echinacea teas with lemon; garbled with warm salt water; sucked on zinc lozenges; asked for prayer; and RESTED! Don't know for sure if everything helped, but it didn't hurt🤗
Salt water gargles/zinc lozenges/steamy hot wash cloth over impacted sinuses/ heavy doses Vit C..yep! Never lasts that long. Have fewer in Tx than in Utah..(?)
I also heard 50% each of peroxide and water gargled helps
Add some peppermint to that elderberry tea!
Thanks, I have some fresh mint, I’ll brew that this morning as well as take the hot showers and rest etc. I’m taking a bus and then flying south in three days and have to get it together!!
80 and healthy. It is wonderful.
Keep up the good work 💪
Yay! That's wonderful
I'm REALLY proud of you 😀👍🏽!! You're only a couple years in front of my mother... She now has Parkinson's disease JUST LIKE Her mother did. She's not exactly the same as she used to be a few years ago, but she's STILL fighting and holding on strong
I had a sinus infection a year ago. I tried every natural remedy but nothing worked. After 3 months I got a doctors appointment and was told it was a bacterial sinus infection that had spread. I had infection in my ears, throat and chest and bronchitis. I have never felt so unwell. 2 courses of antibiotics fixed it. I hate taking medication and always prefer natural remedies but in this case I’d had enough of feeling so sick.
This has happened to me numerous times, now I take AHCC by “ quality of life “ the soft gels NOT the capsules no more issues
What is ahcc?
3 months🙈
@@kathyharmon2093 what is AHCC ?
AHCC, what is this?
70 years old now and healthy. Thank you Dr Berry ❤
Amen to this! I’ve dealt with people demanding antibiotics over the years working as a nurse in an emergency room and in the outpatient setting. It’s time we all take responsibility for anti microbial stewardship.
lol should women be able to have abortions? Did people take horse medicine? This doctor is a joke!
Yeah well the average doctor don't do anything about teaching people what else to do.
@@TakeTheRide THAT is why, you find a “REAL” Doctor. 😉👍🏽
@@lightwarrior432 I've seen about eight doctors here now. What's really scary is that up front, I know more than they do.
You're not a medical doctor, nor a physician gor them to be asking you for a prescription of antibiotics tho.
You're right about fasting. I had a sinus infection that wouldn't clear up, and I fasted for five days and finally recovered.
Fasting is the best cure for any ailment.
Your not hungry for a reason.
Obviously cutting out all carbs and sugar when sick
There is a theory that what we're told are viruses are actually exosomes, a natural part of our body's process when detoxing. So fasting helping would fit with that theory, as you're not adding anything else for your body to either process (digest) or filter.
@@w1975b ya... terrain theory... I personally do not believe in viruse... but Fungus and Bacteria yes.
And we do get "sick" as part of a detox process, usually around seasonal chamges... just like animals may loose their fur coat.
One thing is for sure, viruses have never been seen like all other microorganisms.
Well in 5 days it's going away wether you fast or not 😂
@@Dahmer_Jeff Well, not always. It had already been more than five days
I’m sorry, but either you have not experienced it, or prefer not to bring it up for some other reason, but you’ve not mentioned the one thing that has helped life-long (and in 73 years, I’ve had a lot of head colds and sinus infections) and even today.
This time-honored method is the Steam Tent. Find your biggest mixing bowl and a large (but not thick or cumbersome) towel. It must be almost bath sized to cover head and neck. Then you need an old fashioned kettle full of water. Boil the water. If you have no kettle, use a large pot. Pour enough to fill your mixing bowl about 2” short of the rim. Carry the bowl to your kitchen table; the towel should be already spread out on the back of the chair. A second towel set under the bowl would not come amiss.
Make sure any pets or small children are out of the way for 15-20 minutes-scalding water is potentially risky! By “out of the way”, I mean baby in crib, toddler in play pen, dogs or other pets in another room, ideally another adult to supervise.
Pull the towel over your head. Center your face over the water. Tuck towel under chin so neck skin won’t get too hot. Now this is important: hold the towel open a little at first, to let in some cooler air, until you get used to breathing steam. It will be hot, maybe even painful to breathe at first. Breathe in through your nose, and back out also through your nose. Alternate with breathing in through open mouth, deep into chest. As air cools down, close the towel and breathe the steamy air slowly and deeply in and out. It’s peaceful-like a meditation.
After 15 minutes you will have the most benefit and can stop. Push your damp hair away from your face, dry your face with the towel. Your eyelids will probably be a little red and tender. This will pass. Carefully get up, steady yourself, and dump the still-very-hot water in the sink. Phew!
The steam shrinks swollen nasal passages. You might need to blow your nose a lot afterwards, or even during. It should help a lot with clearing your head. If one side is stopped up, breathe through the side that works. Very good to do in the morning if your sinuses are aching. Also very good before bed. It can stimulate a real cleanout, so have plenty of tissues handy.
My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother used it on me at a VERY young age. It was frightening. But once a child is old and self-controlled enough to cooperate, it can be used on children, but only under strict supervision, and only for 5-10 minutes.
One of the most soothing and comforting things to do in case of sickness. NOT FOR CHAOTIC HOUSEHOLDS. In must be done very controlled.
Set a timer for 15-20 minutes. Sit down and pull your chair close.
In December 2023, I had Covid for the first time. My doctor prescribed a lot of medications but I never took them. It manifested first as a sore throat, then a severe sinus infection-symptoms lasted 2 weeks. In that time I used the steam tent 8 times, and that’s what ultimately defeated the sinus infection. I should have done it every day but I was just so weak and exhausted. It was really enough.
This practice was forced on me by my mother, it never helped and turned me into a raging claustrophobe 😂
I use a hot shower over my head, it works a lot the same way. Yes, it works! Thank you for sharing😊
You can also do this in a sauna I bought one on Amazon for $120 . Really helps
Momma used to say go to the doctor and get better in 7 days… don’t go and get better in a week.
Exactly!
Wise Momma! 😂👍
My old Italian doctor used to say, " Good thing you come in today, because you will be feeling better tomorrow."
@@KenDBerryMDHi doctor Berry i have had chronic sinus problems for the last 2;years i still can't smell and sometimes my post nasal drip is so bad it causes me to have a wheezing cough. Should i try to fast? Also i am 3 yrs carnivore. About a year ago it was so bad i went to a doctor and got antibiotics and it cleared completely i could smell but it came back worse than before so we tried a second round of antibiotics and it didnt help. Right now i am using golden seal powder, lugol's iodine and eating carnivore. I still cant smell and have nasal blockage any suggestions? I would love anyone who might know something that would help.
@@soobok13Have you tried walking by the seaside for the sea air?
Lived with chronic sinusitis for 2 decades. Lived on Advil and amoxicillin. 2019 started keto and no sinus infections for 4 yrs now. So I’m likely the 3-5% bacterial type that love carbs and sugar. Low carb zero sugar worked for me.
I've been doing low carbs zero sugar for 3 years and developed chronic sinusitis last year, so I guess that works for some, but not for all.
Because mold loves sugar
Please can I have your number.l have the disease
Carnivore 🥩🥩🥚🥚✅
I wonder if dairy made a difference
Thank you! Someone finally telling it straight up about sinus infections.
I had it so bad. I didn’t end up taking any antibiotics. I did use steam with 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide, drank lots water, made chicken soup. Took advil for pain. Mine was 2.5 weeks of misery but I survived 😅
You're lucky. Sounds like it was viral. I get it so bad when it takes me out that I can't ingest any food or walk. I just throw up & crawl around or stand for 1 minute intervals while trying to make my kids cereal or something until I can get meds if I try ride mine out. Mine gets better after like 2 doses of antibiotics & I can function again. I must have crappy immune. I have 5 kids & trying to breastfeed & manage a household while not holding anything down or being able to walk is not an option for me. I know each time when I get it bad that if I do not get meds I will end up with sepsis or meningitis. I have changed a lot of thing in my life like the clothes wash I use, soap instead of perfumed body wash, antihistamines always at certain times of yr & it is not as chronic. I only need help a couple of times a yr now.
@@jessicarocks1329check the comments section about the hair dryer technique , maybe it helps
Netti pot is my first go to for relief of nasal pressure and to open nasal passages. Chicken bone broth for the cure.
Wow why bone brothe!! I got to try this
I used to have chronic sinus infections. Two a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. Turned out I was living in a house with a mold problem. Even after moving out I was still getting them. Began using Afrin and sinus irrigation with warm salt water using a big syringe. Stopped having sinus infections but I became dependent on the Afrin for years. Finally kicked my addiction to that and now haven't had a sinus infection for about 10 years. The key for me seemed to be keeping the the sinuses open and cleaned out. Just be careful how you do it.
Almost exactly the same story for me. House with mold. Even after moving out the chronic sinus infections persisted. I stopped Afrin cold turkey and suffered a couple weeks but returned to normal. I have been using a Netti pot daily and now get sinus infections maybe once every four years.
Afrin is so addictive!
Never use it on both nostrils at the same time, one nostril for 3 days and if necessary, switch to the other nostril for no more than 3 days. I went over the addiction by using it only on one nostril for a couple of weeks.
I hated taking Afrin. Bleh! I switched to Simply Saline and I can deal with simply saline much better but I don't use it a lot. I'd rather use my vaporizer with only water..
I agree Afrin Burns bad!
YES. I use Vick's Simply Saline every day and have avoided the dreaded quarterly sinus infections! @@lisaruiz6799
Who recognizes this: After a few days of eating some off-plan food during the holidays I suddenly had a drippy nose. It's not hard to figure out the cause and effect, often times. It only lasted an hour or so, luckily, but still. In my earlier years this was bound to develop into a serious sinus infection or worse, which I haven't had since the start of following a low carb diet.
Same. Still laying off my bowel cramps from chocolate I shouldn't have eaten and looking forward to my chuck-eye steak for breakfast tomorrow morning. It's nighttime now in Germany, and I can't sleep, thanks to sugar and gluten.
@@lilaschwarz6014 Hang in there, neighbour! If you still feel like sh*t tomorrow morning it's probably better to skip a meal and fast for a bit until you get hungry again.
I had chips & salsa. Ugh. I felt horrible. Then remembered that’s how I used to feel!
Histamines maybe? :P
@@Lamz.. @carol I, too, remember now, why I did the diet change. Have a great meaty 2024 and all the best of joy and success and health to y'all.
Since a debilitating adverse reaction to fluoroquinolone antibiotics 12 years ago, my go-to is oregano oil capsules, Olive leaf extract capsules, and sometimes echinacea and goldenseal, and flushing with a neti pot. Helps EVERY time I have any sinus issues and/or swollen nodes in my neck.
I, too, won't use fluoroquinolones again. For me it was Levaquin, which had been prescribed for a sinus infection. It was like using an atom bomb to kill an ant. For me, I felt symptoms of psychosis by the 2nd pill. UGH.
I started taking Oregoresp and Olive leaf extract along with a digestive emzyme each night around 1 am when I wake up to urinate. My MD told me it works best 2 hours after and 2 hours before food to be used best by body. It changed my life. I also use a netti pot daily in winter or when I am around lots of people during a day.
Amen … my go to as well. Unfortunately, I am very prone to bacterial sinus infections but the oil of oregano drops as well as nasal spray plus olive leaf are all antiviral/antibiotic/ as well as anti fungal. Sometimes they fully take care of my frequent sinus infections by themselves. If I still develop a full blown bacterial infection, they continue helping and I continue taking them along with antibiotic. But having taken SO many antibiotics, my gut microbiome has been severely compromised. I always try my very best to avoid the antibiotics because of my severe reactions to the antibiotics if at all possible!
I used to have nasty sinus infections . I mean puss & blood crud ..I bought a Navage unit and those days are gone. I run a 1/2-3/4 ts of regular table salt in distilled water & let the machine do its work. This unit has saved me from a trip to the dr every 2 -3 weeks.
Wots a Navage unit plz ???
Nice! Getting one now
I just bought one, last week I hope it will clean up my sinus problems
My first sign of a sinus infection is a sore throat, then the sinus congestion and pain. I immediately take olive leaf extract and colloidal silver in a little orange juice 2-3 times a day, and it's gone within 2 days. Must use high quality colloidal silver, at least 500ppm. Been doing this for many years, and no my skin is not blue!
Do you order the colloidal silver from Amazon? Any particular brand of olive leaf extract? TY.
Where do you purchase the colloidal silver & olive leaf extract? Thank you!
One other thing to do when you have a sinus problem is to stay away from dairy! Or minimize it! I'm surprised you didn't mention this.
I knew this but thank you for reiterating that for me. I’ve been sick for a couple days now with fever and sinus issues so this was PERFECT timing!
I had constant sinus/face pain for over 10 years and took decongestants like smarties, when i was on a bad month i would get gum inflammation too, but dentist said theres no connection between mouth and nasal infections
🤷WTAF.
The 4/5th day I was carnivore I went to the junk draw for a pen and just stood staring at my pills. I turned to my hubby holding one of the many half taken packets and said "I haven't taken any of these" from that day forward he has supported me 100% in the WOLife, I will not go back to a life of pain, No more gum inflammation either, strange.
WTAF made me lol
Thank You For Taking Time To Share
May Mercy Always Prevail ❤
Thank you!! I have told a few family members that antibiotics will not typically work for a sinus infection. They argue with me like crazy. Thank you for helping me realize that I was correct.
Love the brutal honesty here! I wish a lot more doctors would be like this.
My doctor tried to get me to take Cymbalta, claiming it's not addictive. I thought of a sentence in your book ... "let the eye-rolling and walking-out begin". Keep up the great work, Dr. Berry!
Thanks for covering this, Dr. Berry!
I used to get chronic sinus infections. I have been eating a ketovore diet for 8 months and have not had any sinus infections.
My chiropractor showed us how to massage the sinus points at the brow line, at your eye teeth pockets beside your nose, pull down from the bottom of your ear and pull down along the jawline. It does help with the pressure.
lol
It's called lymphatic drainage. I do this before it gets to infection. You can get a massage like this for the entire body. Look for yt videos for lymphatic drainage. Most mornings I use this method to get it out of my head, add the tapping where collarbone meets sternum. Drink water.
Ignore the skeptics if it works and it works for for me. Don't forget how everyone laughs at carnivore.
Yes! That will mobilize the Eustachian tube to allow to drain! I have great results with a nasal saline spray with Alkolol- it’s a mucous surfactant. Has EO’s also.
@@stephaniecavnar5290do they carry that in most stores? What's the brand?
Thanks Doc! I am one of those who is clear to tell the attending that I don't want a drug unless it's necessary. I have sinus infections and always feel better after a steamy shower. In the winter, I hang eucalyptus in the shower and it gives me a few minutes of relief.
Finally, a doctor that advises us to 'listen to our body'
Thank you so much! Just shared this post with my daughter, so she can stop being anxious about her sinus cold. Cheers! 👍😁
Thanks for the advice!! My daughter is dealing with a sinus infection & I so needed to hear this!💕
The best doctor ever I have seen especially on internet
Once again Dr. Berry provides ready to use information. Thank you sir.
This is why I love you Dr. you lay it on the line and don’t beat around the bush. Sick of the lies my doctor told me too!! You’re the best ❤
Coloidal silver saline nasal spray. Hourly.
Dr Berry - Just had a sinus infection I believe as I did not go to the doctor. Fever 3 days of 103 then green stuff and coughing for more than a week! I’m finally starting feeling better! Thank you for your insight. You are awesome and I’m so grateful for your guidance! God bless
Love the honesty! You’ve gained a follower👍🏾
Funny you put this out when I'm dealing with sinus or what I thought was an infection. I've had bad ones over the years but not for a while now. I've hardly suffered from anything since going keto. But a week ago woke to intense pain in my sinus on the right side. Just as it has always been. Thing was there wasn't the swelling or nasal blockage as usual.
What I found was a muscle or nerve starting at the base of my neck and running up to the base of my skull on the right side very tight and very sore. It continued around the side above my ear to my temple where is was intensely sore there as well. A hot shower and plenty of massaging finally eased the pain. Continued care given to my neck in the form of taking it easy and taking care how I have slept on it has almost gotten it straightened out.
Pretty crazy. Absolutely the exact symptoms and pain of an infection but wasn't at all.
Thank you Lord for helping me figure that one out!
I literary just got done with a major sinus and lung infection and you're exactly right. The three things that I needed most were rest, water, and electrolytes. You need the rest! Don't over exert yourself and you will lose a lot of water to mucus and whatever else your body does and my heart was working harder too so absolutely get some electrolytes; this helped a lot. Some sunlight and nice music or anything you can do to be as stress free as possible makes it more bearable and mind your posture because you'll notice it get harder to breathe with bad posture. Took me 4 days to get rid of it before a fever put the final nail in the coffin and spent a whole day spitting and blowing out mucus after it went away so I can suggest to continue to stay hydrated for a couple days after as well. Great video Dr. Ken Berry.
Thanks for sharing this vital information, Dr Berry.
Too cool, Dr. Berry! I have had so many sinus infections usually ending up with Z-Pak. And I’ve listened to all those videos touch my ear drink this, etc. nope, they don’t work. Gonna try it your way! Thank you!
Do you answer medical questions? I would imagine you could easily have a virtual medical practice. I like your approach to health and healing.
I have chronic nasal congestion, when I was off milk in coffee for a while I noticed an improvement and had some milk after a break and my congestion returned. I used to buy a certain spray which they removed from the shelves, I agree probably not helping long term.
Try cream in your coffee
When I stopped drinking milk, I noticed a dramatic reduction in congestion. Can still cream and cheese, but no more milk for me.
Thanks Dr.Berry!! Hope you and your family have a wonderful New Year!!!
Love to see this. Very helpful especially for those who are clueless.
Thanks Dr. Berry. This is spot on my protocol for sinus infections. My family is always trying to get me to take over the counter junk that I believe simply masks symptoms and tricks people into thinking they don’t need the rest that will help in the healing.
You read my mind Ken! I have been struggling with a sinus infection since the beginning of November. I was doing my sinus rinses and just trying to wait it out. I gave in and took an old Rx I had for previous sinus infections because my face and teeth were killing me. I am 7 days into my antibiotic and its helped worlds for the face/teeth pain, but the side effects aren't pleasant at all. I haven't had to take an antibiotic in 8 years, hate them!
This was informative. Answered some questions I've had for years.
I needed this as I am a week or so in the midst of a sinus infection that stemmed from a cold. I have a deviated septum so I already get them more than those that don't. I suspect that being carnivore for the 40 (so far!) days is lessening the severity of it though.
Great video. I never experienced a sinus infection until last year. Now it's recurring. It would be great to hear about why some of us suffer with chronic sinus infections.
My first one did get better with antibiotics.
We love you, doctor Berry.
Excellent. The saline solution gave me some relief. Great advise!
I find it absolutely astounding the amount of people that are never away from the doctors office. I’ll be 45 in a few months. I’ve not been in a doctors office since I was 15 years old.
My kids are the only ones in the school that have never had the need for a doctors appointment.
I am trying to lose a bit of weight. On my 3rd day of the carnivore diet.
So far so good. 🎉
Hi Dr Ken , your video blacks out around the 7:11-7:16 into the video where you say " what can you do at home" , I tried watching it a few times and each time it does this, always love your content, thanks for all you do
Janine
You can see the same clip at the very beginning of the video, he said “first thing you need to do is take a big dose of vitamin P- that stands for PATIENCE” 😂
Same thing happened to me - video goes blank - black screen
Thank you Dr. Berry. I’m going through a sinus infection currently. Agree 100% on toughing it out. I found the sinus rinse each morning in a hot shower to help ease the symptoms and provide instant relief as my body fights the good fight. Eating right since November 2018 (thanks to you!!). 👍
Thank you for posting - I shared! So frustrating as patients GET MAD… UGH!!
I am so thankful to you Doctor. This video is so informative for me.🙏🙏🙏.
I agree with most of you say. But fungal sinusitis is a real thing. After years of suffering my spouse was finally better after Diflucan and Nystatin tx (both anti-fungals) for a month. After years of suffering, it finally was gone for good. The fungal infection was caused by a doctor who carelessly prescribed antibiotics. Not all docs are good like Dr. Ken Berry!
How was the fungal infection diagnosed as fungal please?
Was there nasal discharge or completely dry?
I know lots of people that get fungal sinus issues. We gargle with anti fungal essential oils and make sprays they work immediately. I fully agree on the antifungals. We have used them before and they were immediately as well like by the end of the day to the next day your symptoms are cut in half
@@treasuresabound0062 very easy, collect a fresh sample, (mucus sample) send it to a laboratory where it is examined for signs of fungi. Or if your doctor is in a hospital with a good microscope, take a look. There are also tests that take 48 hours to look for growth of the infection. With all viral and bacterial infections a simple test should be performed. Personally I don't agree 95% are viral. Many cases of strep throat (bacterial), then expand into a bacterial sinus infection. Herpes type infections (viral) of the mouth or throat lead to sinus infections which need to be treated with antiviral medications. Even an infected tooth, gums (very common), can lead to a sinus infection, which requires antibiotics.
I def think mine are fungal or bacterial in nature, I haven't had anything viral happen to me in years.
To open nasal passages when laying down, so you can sleep...take few drops of the following essential oils mixed in a carrier oil.... olive oil works too. 2 drops peppermint essential oil, 3 drops Rosemary essential oil, 1-2 drops Lavender essential oil. Apply across bridge of your nose and around nostril opening, or on pillow case . Lavender and peppermint help with reducing inflammation of nasal passages....it works for me.
So true! Fasting and rest knocks out practically any “infection” that tries to inconvenience me.
I just keep getting these sinus infections over and over here in Texas! Why? Beginning to wonder whats going on here in Frisco,TX. Everyone is very sick. Nothing helps. You get rid of it then get it all over again. 😢
I love you already Dr Berry, just by listening to you. I am 76 years young. Thank God I have a nice Doctor, but told her definitely DO NOT give me anything prescribed! To this day, I thank God all my Lab Work shows great! If I catch a cold, I do as you say. Thank you ❤
Calm down
Thank you, Dr. Berry! If one gets weird pain or swelling of sinuses, that is when you go to the doctor. Otherwise, rest, sip, and watch Dr. Berry videos! :)
I used a neti pot once at the suggestion of a NP. It cleared my sinuses only to create the worst sore throat and tonsillar hypertrophy of my life. My husband and I are RN's (me BSN and him MSN) We want to thank you for the download on the proper human diet. I've been watching / listening to you and Neisha for years. I've lost 35 lbs since May this year. We've slacked over the holiday. However, we've put together a plan to get back on track now. I won't get into detail here but, you do know how hard it is keeping to a schedule when you're constantly flying by the seat of your health care professional pants. So, we are concentrating on the food itself; grass-fed and finished beef and pasture raised bacon from a very local E TN farm. We'll deal with the time issues as we go. A tide-us-over anytime of day cup of homemade broth from said meat will be added to our daily intake for those critical care getting our butts kicked events.
Thank you Dr Berry
Wishing you Neisha and family
Happy New year
Health and happiness in 2024
Thanks Doc! I need this as I’ve been sick with sinus infection for a week now. I went to my doctor but he said I didn’t need any prescription. He only gave me notes on what to do at home.
Dr B, what of those who get serious headaches as part of the symptoms of sinus infection. What would you recommend?
My chiropractor changed my life by treating my sinus every two weeks for several months. Hardly ever get sinus unless it's a cold. Also chopped garlic in a small amount of hot water when pieces fall to bottom use water for nosedrops. Does not completely cure but loosens and provides some relief. Would then rub forehead and around nose with Vicks or Ben gay cover face with hand towel to fall asleep and most of the time gone when I woke up. But my chiropractor was the best❤❤
Dr. Berry, as a FM doc myself I've been recommending chicken soup and fasting to most of my uri and sinus payjents for the past year, finding the wisdom in our oral traditions (eg feed a fever, starve a cold). Glad to hear other docs, especially those more knowledgeable than I also supporting it.
I just went through this Dr. Berry. Miserable! I’m just getting better. I’m in week 3😩. Thankfully, my allergist here said the exact same thing you are saying. So thankful for you great doctors. Jana - Texas
I’m at day 10-12 ish 😫
I have one right now. Thanks for another great video Doc
I make a powder snuff out of cayenne, Golden seal, and Barberry and just a minute few grains in the end of a swap snorted up the nose and it is instant relief from the headache, and begins to greatly help with nasal airflow. Yes it is quite intense but it goes away quickly and gets easier to adjust the amount up a little or down so you aren't quite so surprised when you use it a second time. The cayenne is a dialator and Antihistamine, the Barberry acts as an anti-viral and the golden seal is a neutralizer of toxins. If you have a sinus headache Just a few grains in the end of a swab the size of 2 or 3 periods from an ink pen will instantly give relief. Repeat as needed to give you the relief sought for. I also use it when I feel the first symptoms of a virus colonizing on the back of my palate and and sinus. If you can catch it early you can mitigate the progression the infection to an appreciable degree.
Excellent remedy!
@@susangilbert1392 Thanks. Cayenne or capsaicin can stop a heart attack if administered under the tongue releasing nitric oxide and other vasodilator compounds. It also can be used to increase blood flow to help support kidney function and help with edema in the lower legs.
@@richardfliearman3381 sprinkling Cayenne on a cut will stop the bleeding. It can even stop the bleeding from an artery that is pumping and squirting blood out. I have seen it happen. It is one of the many herbal remedies I carry in my car's first aid kit
100% My doctor says the same thing. He doesn't hand out antibiotics for this either. It's a good thing.
Love the idea of the hair drier. Wish i knew about it a couple of weeks ago when i had covid.. sounds very soothing.
Happy New Year, Dr. Berry and family 😊
I'm 1.27 in and I can't help myself from typing what I do at that first tickle.
Vitamin C, 100mg an hour until I'm saturated, colloidal silver nose spray a few times a day and a big pot of chicken garlic soup.
I also use the chiropractor trick of milking my sinuses if painful.
I don't think I've had one longer than 3 or 4 days since 1982.
Dr mercola. Vit c. Does help I don’t agree what he says. About that. Lots of fluid vit c. Dr mercola. Liposmal. You keep 80 percent of. Vit c. And. Flush warm saline. I believe it help s
Dr. Berry, with all due respect, a few comments:
I have suffered from sinus infections for 25 years. I avoid taking antibiotics at all costs. It's funny, when I end up throwing in the towel and going to the doctor, I jokingly say that I am going to be your first patient who asks you NOT to prescribe me an antibiotic. What else can I do? Point is, I try avoiding them.
However with that said, if I do end up taking one, my sinus infection is knocked out within 2 days. I am currently fighting another sinus infection, taking herbs and using a neti pot. I'm actually using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) b/c again, I avoid antibiotics. I'm on about day 8 and no improvement.
You repeatedly said 95-97% are viral. How do you know that? There are MANY people like me that get recurrent sinus infections. The one common denominator that we have all discovered is that doctors don't have an answer as to why. I'm healthy (according to my labs), workout all the time, eat very clean/healthy, limited alcohol, no tobacco. I've always lived a very healthy lifestyle. My achilles heel has always been my sinuses. I've had sinus surgery twice, cat scans, x-rays, etc. No one can give me an answer.
I was hoping your video would provide some insight, but again I am disappointed. To tell people that 95-97% of the time they will just go away, well that is simply not true.
Thank you Dr.Berry for sharing with us.
Thank God for Dr Ken Berry and the rest of the doctors in his crew!
I would have to say that 95 - 97% of the time I really enjoy what you have to say... EXCEPT for this time since I actually have a sinus infection that I'm about 95 - 97% sure it's viral. I'll be enjoying you a whole lot more in about 7 to 10 days after this screaming sinus headache goes away. Thanks Doc now I'm going back to bed....
Hopefully you are doing well 😊
Yes it is MUCH BETTER thank you 😊
Great advice Doc !!!❤❤❤❤
I am a life long messed up sinus person. 🤧
Unfortunately i just went through a double flu bout. Back to back. A and B. 😞
great content, thanks Dr Berry. WISHING YOU/YOUR FAMILY AN EXCELLENT 2024🥰
We live in a world that has been groomed with a lack of patience and are oblivious to the fact the body defending itself has to run it's course. Thanks for all of your common sense videos. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Dr Berry. Good information.
💯 truth. I get them all the time. I use the extra strength saline sprays and the savage. This loosens the mucus and allows me to expel it. The rest just comes with patience, and letting it run its course. The key is getting as much of the mucus out as possible.
I typically take zicam as soon as I start feeling any cold symptoms coming on. I also will use antihistamines to dry up the drip and decongestants to relieve the pressure.
Dr Berry’s advice is excellent as always. I caught a cold with sinus infection last month; rest, warm fluids esp. bone broth, nothing from the pharmacy, long gaps between (carnivore) meals - all symptoms gone in 10 days. One additional thing that helped me was a warm wheat bag to hold against my aching face - definitely soothing.
Thanks, Doc - you are the best!💕
Thanks, Doc. I wasn't sure if fasting was safe. Now I know.😊
100% agree! I got the second sinus infection in mylife spring of 2020, they prescribed me antibiotics and within 5 days I had C-Diff, I had to go through a round of another antibiotic to kill it ended up in the ER and then had to take another 14 days when that did not work. Thankfully I am a dietitian and love natural cures so did some potent probiotics, and some chinese medicine, Dr feels my method was what cured me, I almost died of C-Diff, antibiotics need to be used with caution!
I am very sad you got ill in spring of 2020. It was really hard to get care. I asperated water. Yes I wound up with c.dif eventually . But in 2020 I had 5 antibiotics at the same time. Still wound up with lung issues.
Thank goodness when I got C-Diff, the first round of the other antibiotic worked. I believe it was Flagyle or something like that.
wow that is a lot to go through, I hope your lungs impove. @@conniegilchrist6925
C dif was later but took 2 of the recommended just for it. I have immune problem and every thing seems to take 2 round plus gamma globulin treatment@@DebraGill
Very interesting Dr.KenDBerry.. why is that I've had breathing problems my whole life but as soon as elimination of seed oils I now have never breath through my nose better before. I think I've had inflammation my whole life not eating the proper human diet. Can't tell you enough how amazing this feels to breathe so well.
Good presentation 👍👍
Informative video ♥
I would always get a sinus infection after a cold, then sometimes bronchitis. Since I discovered a sinus rinse, with a squeeze bottle, not a neti pot, I use it every couple of hours and haven’t been sick with a cold or sinus infection in years. If I would only put a bit of sand in the saline solution it would be just like my childhood years surfing in Southern California 😅. 🏄🏻♀️But since I’ve been eating the proper human diet I haven’t been sick once, from anything.
Saline rinse (NeilMed) with providone iodine added really helps with sinus infections, colds, flu, allergies, etc. The iodine reduces the viral load. Recommended by ENT doctors in several countries
I got sick in 2022 from a virus my mom had caught from someone at her work but I was also under a lot of stress because hurricane Fiona had hit that same exact day, so I ended up sick, but no infection from that and I had stayed low carb despite the illness! I've been low carb for four years as of now and apart from that I haven't been sick much at all! If I do get sick it's usually because my body is under stress already.
@@ptxdearpearsDQhow much iodine? A few drops or what?
@@ptxdearpearsDQ I put a few sprays of providone iodine into my neti pot and rinse with that - I think it helps a lot. I also use the providone nasal spray when traveling before going to bed.
I'm on day 33, no fever, not getting worse. Just a never ending headache and ear pressure.
Consider seasonal allergies.
Have you tried a home made hot lemon drink with raw garlic, ginger and honey. Also absolutely no dairy.
I honestly believe that Dr. Barry is 100% right I have major sinus issues and it just runs in my family. I honestly stopped asking my doctor for antibiotics because they just did not work. When I did sinus rinses and drink lots of water. I actually felt better faster. I decided years ago. I’ll never take antibiotics anymore. It really doesn’t work for me. It’s just giving me weird side effects.
Happy New Year Dr, and family 🎉🎉🎉
Fresh ginger juice diluted with water. Excellent anti viral. I make a tea with it.
FIRST...IF I KNEW ABOUT YOU, when I first went to see a doctor as an adult; I WOULD have felt much differently about your profession! I might actually TRUST doctors. ❤ Thank you for being a doctor we can all TRUST! Which begs the question...
WHERE have you been all my life?
I'M SO GLAD you're telling people if they have a viral infection antibiotics won't do a darn thing! They ask for and are given them out like candy and then, when you might REALLY need them.... not as effective, you've grown tolerant. Ugggh. While you're at it, will you also remind people the REASON our bodies do the fever thing when it IS bacterial... to raise the body temp to kill as much of the bacteria as possible. The body actually TRIES TO HEAL ITSELF, ITSELF.
P.S. we both didn't get cedar fever this year...Carnivore for 6 months! Sooo cool!!! 🎉❤🎉
Thx Dr Berry!
Thank you for posting this! I wish I had come across rhis bedore I went to the drs.
Thank you so much.. your information was very helpful