I feel like nobody likes a cripple... It feels like everyone would prefer to be around the healthy and sane version of you. I think it takes a toll on people.
Does anyone with LPR experience shortness of breath?
For me it is really noticeable when I take nasal decongestant drops and swallow mucus from my nose, or for example do a neti pot rinse and swallow some mucus from my nose after.
Does anyone have similar experience or could offer an explanation? This never happened with nose drops before I developed LPR.
Hello, I am currently suffering from Enterobacter overgrowth in my gut for almost a year, I've been on multiple courses of antibiotics that my strain of Enterobacter are sensitive to, but to no avail.
Does anyone have experience on this topic and know what can help?
For context, I have been suffering from chronic sinusitis for almost a year, my main symptom is chronic stuck post-nasal drip, mucus stuck to my nasopharynx
For the last year I've been having an Enterobacter spp. detected on nasal swab that was causing nasal infection irritation and and even after a few rounds of different antibiotics it was sensitive to I wasn't able to cure it, it always comes back and shows up on swabs again...
Since Enterobacter are bacteria normally found in human intestine, my ENT was shocked and said they should not be in my nose/sinuses, and that it is rare for it to be found in human nose.
Some people on r/Sinusitis told me that this could be caused by a combination of SIBO/LPR - that maybe I'm getting overgrowth of Enterobacter in my small intestine that is constantly being supplied to my throat and nasal cavity by silent reflux.
Could anyone familiar with the topic offer a few words of advice?
For the last year I've been having an Enterobacter spp. detected on nasal swab that was causing nasal infection irritation and and even after a few rounds of different antibiotics it was sensitive to I wasn't able to cure it, it always comes back and shows up on swabs again...
Since Enterobacter are bacteria normally found in human intestine, my ENT was shocked and said they should not be in my nose/sinuses, and that it is rare for it to be found in human nose.
Some people on r/Sinusitis told me that this could be caused by a combination of SIBO/LPR - that maybe I'm getting overgrowth of Enterobacter in my small intestine that is constantly being supplied to my throat and nasal cavity by silent reflux.
Could anyone familiar with the topic offer a few words of advice?
For the last year I've been having an Enterobacter spp. detected on nasal swab that was causing nasal infection irritation and and even after a few rounds of different antibiotics it was sensitive to I wasn't able to cure it, it always comes back and shows up on swabs again...
Since Enterobacter are bacteria normally found in human intestine, my ENT was shocked and said they should not be in my nose/sinuses, and that it is rare for it to be found in human nose.
Some people on r/Sinusitis told me that this could be caused by a combination of SIBO/LPR - that maybe I'm getting overgrowth of Enterobacter in my small intestine that is somehow travelling to my throat and nasal cavity by reflux.
Could anyone familiar with the topic offer a few words of advice?
For context since a year ago I'm suffering from chronic post nasal drip, mucus that feels "stuck" between my nose and my upper throat (nasopharynx), that I can hardly clear or dislodge.
Nasal swabs show Enterobacter spp. colonisation in my nose, then the Enterobacter goes away after taking antibiotics that it is sensitive to (swab shows it is clear), but shows up again on nasal swab a month or two later.
Mucus is clear or "stringy" white, but the first time of day I blow my nose after sleeping there is sometimes just a bit of yellow mucus. One time it was bloody, but that was just maybe once or twice.
Does anyone have experience with biofilms? If so, can you tell me what are the typical signs of a biofilm chronic sinus infection, and does mine look like one?