sinusitis and mastoiditis?

[MrChris]

I know this isnt an ENT board but im curious to know if its known if there is there any correlation between MS,siusitis, and mastoiditis?

The reason i ask is because i was only made aware that my latest MRI report had a second page earlier this week. What stood out to me was

" There is mild mucosal thickening in the ethmoid sinuses. There is also partial opacifcation of the left mastoid air cell."

Given that i have been plauged with ear pressure and more recently pressure above my eye brows that radiates down to the bridge of my nose...and its driving me insane.

[lyndacarol]

MrChris, you may be interested in reading through one of the past threads that discussed this observation of sinus problems with MS:

"Sinusitus [sic] and MS" (http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... tml#p36028)

[NHE]

I know this isnt an ENT board but im curious to know if its known if there is there any correlation between MS,siusitis, and mastoiditis?

The reason i ask is because i was only made aware that my latest MRI report had a second page earlier this week. What stood out to me was

" There is mild mucosal thickening in the ethmoid sinuses. There is also partial opacifcation of the left mastoid air cell."

Given that i have been plauged with ear pressure and more recently pressure above my eye brows that radiates down to the bridge of my nose...and its driving me insane.

Have you ever tried using a Neil Med Sinus Rinse? I have found it to be highly effective the last time I had a sinus infection. http://shop.neilmed.com/Sinus-Rinse-K-E ... rchSize=12 Note that you can get them at stores like Target for less. I use it for a couple of days whenever I feel a cold coming on. It often stops it in its tracks.

[Scott1]

Hi,

This is an interesting topic for me.
Before I was diagnosed I spent years suffering from laryngitis, persistent coughing and a raft of lesser related symptoms. Most doctors and ENT people misdiagnosed me (mainly because they didn't look!). Finally I was diagnosed with a severely deviated septum.

As I learned at that time, the inner lining of the nostrils are very sensitive. In a normal nose we will breathe predominately through one nostril for about fifteen minutes and then switch nostrils to give the first side a rest.
With a deviated septum you can only breathe through one side. The breathing nostrils lining can't do this continuously so it swells and blocks up. Consequently we commence mouth breathing unfiltered air which is drawn across the tonsils.

In my case this caused tonsillitis to add to the sinusitis and all the other "itis's" that arose because I was mouth breathing.

At the age of 39 I had my nose straightened. The tonsil tissue remained engorged so at the age of 40 I had my tonsils removed (not a funny operation) and as the surrounding tissue was still engorged I had a partial resection of the soft pallet shortly afterward.

Given what we know about EBV these days, I can't help but wonder if the surgery and removal of so much tissue altered the course of my MS. Of course I can't tell but do remember the surgeon saying my tonsils were two bags of pus. If only they had been biopsied- what a chance missed.
I suspect that we would find an association between infected tonsil tissue and MS progression but I don't know what it would say.

Regards

[Leonard]

Hi MrChris,

there is a link, see my reflections on this page, posting Mon Mar 16.
http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... 8-675.html

the article by Frederick Gay is interesting...

regards,

Leo