Word: sinusitis
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...extend their useful lifetime. This means we must stop misusing them. Consider the case of penicillin. For decades, it has been prescribed by many physicians for every sniffle and sneeze, even when the source of the problem was a virus. Antibiotics have been recklessly prescribed for ear and even sinus infections, many of which, as Mayo Clinic researchers recently noted, are not due to bacteria at all but to the immune system's response to fungal infections...
...Nasal Irrigator, a (yikes) pulsating nasal douche, attaches to a WaterPik to clean the area where a common cold becomes a raging flu. Yes, a few people have complained of discomfort, but nasal irrigation is a staple of traditional Indian medicine, and it does improve ciliary function and keep sinus tissue moist...
...country, Brennan says, because people are catching on to the effects of indoor contaminants. Last week, a University of Maryland professor announced that certain molds, when inhaled, can attach themselves to the intestinal walls and cause flulike symptoms. A 1999 Mayo Clinic study attributed nearly all the chronic sinus infections afflicting 37 million Americans to molds. And that's just mold. Today's energy-efficient homes constantly recycle everything from combustion fumes to dust-mite allergens...
Take, for example, Ford's shaky balance. Onlookers noticed it as he emerged from the Convention Hall Tuesday night. A few hours later, just after midnight, he went to the emergency room of Philadelphia's Hahnemann University Hospital complaining of an earache and dizziness. Concluding that he had a sinus or inner-ear infection, doctors treated him with antibiotics and sent him off within an hour. But while their treatment might be considered reasonable in light of what he told them at the time, the 87-year-old former Chief Executive subsequently returned to the hospital with classic stroke symptoms...
...Gerald Ford, by the way, is out of the hospital and OK, says everybody's AP story. That's one nasty sinus infection...