[Pinkbell]

Generally I always wind up on an antibiotic anyway when I get a virus. I try the over the counter treatments first, but it ends up going into a sinus infection, and it simply doesn’t clear up, so the doctors eventually put me on an antibiotic.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I try the over the counter treatments first, but it ends up going into a sinus infection, and it simply doesn’t clear up, so the doctors eventually put me on an antibiotic."

Got it in one. After you've had enough colds/flu/sinus infections, you can probably recognize which symptoms mean what for your particular body better than the doc. My wife is like you, she gets sinus infections at the drop of a hat, and the sooner she gets on antibiotics, the better.

[Ditter]

You should get yourself a Neti Pot. It is a little ceramic pot with a spout and you mix a salt water solution in the pot, lean over your sink with your head turned to one side. You pour the salt water into one nostril and it flows through your sinus cavities and out the opposite nostril. then you lean the other way and do the other side. It will prevent an infection from starting or clear one up if it has already started.

I used to get several sinus infections every year and then I started having allergic reactions to the antibiotics I took to clear them up. This little pot and fixed it for me.

Four times a day if you have a cold or infection and once a day to prevent one.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

How much Vit D do you take?