Doxycycline for sinusitis

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Avatar f tn Sinusitis is the swelling and inflammation of the sinuses that may be caused by virus, bacteria, or fungus. Antibiotics are usually not needed for acute sinusitis. It is usually caused by a virus and will resolve in 7 to 14 days. In certain situations your physician may decide that antibiotic therapy is appropriate. When an antibiotic is deemed necessary, Zithromax (azithromycin) is commonly used. Azithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that is effective against M pneumonia.
Avatar f tn I went back and was given a blood test for c-reactive protein inflammation which turned out positive and was given Doxycycline 100mg x1/day for 10 days. Again, I was improving but on day 3 I started going downhill again. I am currently weak in bed with the spreading headache, sensitive to light, and continue with yellow phlegm. My ears also experience a pressure/fullness. What would be the next step for a doctor?
Avatar n tn I have a dull pressure in my left temple and above my right eye for a couple of months now. I used to suffer from migraine headaches a couple of years ago but since I changed my contraception they stopped. The pressure is pretty much constant but not painful.
5034249 tn?1367101116 I was taking doxycycline and developed a pressure sensation on the top of my head. I discontinued the doxycycline and a few days later the pressure sensation resolved. I was directed to continue taking the doxycycline and after I took the first pill, I began to get a severe headache and nausea. The headache became so severe I went to the ED. They performed a CT Scan which was normal and a Lumbar Puncture Opening Pressure 22. After the LP, the head pressure resolved for 3 weeks.
10743854 tn?1412616386 I had a bout of sinusitis on the left side recently. It responded quickly to doxycycline but it has left a big patch of my face numb (from my cheekbone across to the entire left half of my nose, left half of my upper lip and left upper teeth.) I have had this now since 2 Sept so that's 33 days. The muscles are fine and there is no heat or redness. I'm just wondering if other people have experienced this as long or longer. How long before I should get worried?
Avatar n tn that didnt help.so i went to this doc who has prescribed me Doxycycline Hyclate for 20 days. i started this doxycycline hyclate drug on june 19. and there is improvement 1st day itself. there was relatively lesser discharge today. also, i didnt feel any block in my ear whole day which i used to feel before.
Avatar f tn Please help me. I became ill in February this year. I had a cold which I got over, then a few weeks later I started feeling tired and then short of breath. My gp said it was a virus. I went back to work and improved each week. I knew I hadn't got rid of the illness completely though because when I did more I felt short of breath. Then in May I tried to push things on and did more activities but suddenly became very short of breath.
Avatar f tn so I was diagnosed with sinusitis on Thursday and was given Doxycycline monohydrate by my doctor. Monday morning I woke up with a low grade fever of 100.1 and a sore throat. Of course with all this virus hysteria I am fearing the worst. I have no other symptoms because nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, fluid in ears and of course the sore throat. Body temp has been between 98 and 99 degrees. any advice? Thank you!
Avatar f tn You really should be using a steroid nasal spray for you excessive mucous production for your sinuses. Antibiotics help acute sinusitis infections. I often do saline irrigations of my sinuses, that helps remove the excess mucous that is in the sinuses. Also gets rid of infected material. These irrigations should be done twice a day. I've also noticed that when you have excess lung mucous you will feel it rattling around deep in your lungs before it makes it's way up.
Avatar m tn Because I just tried it, and it burns so bad! I have chronic sinusitis for two years with a lot of polyps. No medication helps, except corticosteroids but infection gets back immediately after stopping using them.
Avatar f tn Ive been on doxycycline for 3 1/2 days, and the discharge has not gone away at all.. may have even worsened. My vagina hurts excruciatingly every time I pee. How long till the pain and discharge goes away?
Avatar f tn I am always on antibiotics and currently just got on 21 days of doxycycline. I was just on doxycycline for 10 days a month ago. My doc says I have a nasal polyp and I have ENT appt June 1st. I take advair, abruetoral when asthma may flare, singulair, and rhinocort or flonase when I can get samples. I normally cant afford the advair or singulair with out samples from doc. Anyway, I am tired of feeling drugged and sick.
Avatar n tn i am 30 yr old male,I am suffering from mild fever 99.4- 101.7, since the past 21 days.I also have very mild body aches and my neck glands are a little swollen.The fever comes every 6-7 hours, taking Advil for it. I'm taking antibiotics, the doctor has done alot of tests but nothing has turned out yet. doctor said that it could be prostatitis so i'm taking doxycycline , though I have mild pain in prostate but do not have any other symptom...
Avatar n tn The vet prescribed doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 3 weeks. My dog seems fine without any obvious symptoms. Can we just give him the doxycycline 100mg once a day instead because the medication may cause nausea/vomiting. Also after 3 weeks medication, how do you he is treated ? Any advice !
Avatar f tn Just wondering if doxycycline worked for you. I am on doxy 100mg twice a day for 14 days. Still haven’t seen and marked improvement in my rash.
4939681 tn?1361299299 These usually include doxycycline for adults and children older than 8, or amoxicillin or cefuroxime for adults, younger children, and pregnant or breast-feeding women. A 14- to 21-day course of antibiotics is usually recommended, but some studies suggest that courses lasting 10 to 14 days are equally effective. Intravenous antibiotics. If the disease involves the central nervous system, your doctor may recommend treatment with an intravenous antibiotic for 14 to 28 days.
Avatar m tn good afternoon, Please help for the last 3 weeks I have had Sinusitis, this has been diagnosed by my doctor 4 weeks ago I had a flu virus, I have read that often you can have sinus problems after another virus A week after the flu I travelled abrad by plane, this can also effect your sinuses My sinus symptoms have been strange, usualy i have a blocked nose, but this time I have had a congested ears head and cheeks, even my jaw aches, But I havent had a blocked nose, I have had a sore throat a
Avatar m tn i have this some sort of colds for about 2 months now and now sometimes i feel weak and fatigue, i have this cold mucus that doesnt come out and i feel sometimes stumbling or out of balance, and some dizziness and nausea.. is this sinusitis infection or ear infection.i have no fever...
Avatar f tn I have had sinusitis for one month (out of work) and have been on antibiotics, netipot, steroid spray from ENT which did not help at all.. . Last week, through a throat culture from my G.P., I came up positive for strep. I am currently taking sulfamthoxazole-tmp (am allergic to penicillan) for ten days and seem to be doing better.
Avatar m tn I had decided to go for tests, as I have a regular partner. However, as a recurring sinusitis flared up again, I was put on doxycycline 5 days after this event. After having taken doxy for six days (7 day cure, 2x100mgx7), I started having sex with my regular partner again, assuming that the doxy would make tests irrelevant. I know that chlamydia is almost never transferred by oral, and that doxy takes care of this.
Avatar m tn It is the last resort before surgery. Try it for 2 weeks, then stop for 3 weeks. If your problem has not begun to subside, then indeed consider surgery. http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322 The Flip-Turn Sinus Flush is mildly risky, because you have to bend over to do it, preferably in a shower, but you can also do it outside on soft ground, or you can kneel down and lean over a bathtub, or perhaps a plastic basin or tub, with the shower running for steam.