Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Mega Busted!: Chronic sinusitis my whole life? Sleep apnea?
I have had chronic Sinusitis since I can remember, and it’s driving me nuts! Now I’ve been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and I’m having a lot of trouble breathing through the mask. I’ve used nasal sprays and neti pots with no avail. When I asked the doctor, he said that my nasal congestion wasn’t a factor in sleep apnea(which I’m not sure I believe).I’m also very thin so that’s out of the question. But either way, I would like to clear it up so I can actually breath through the mask because they have been encouraging me to continue using the nose one as it’s natural to breath through your nose. Anyone have any advice? similar stories?

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Answer by SethSpeaks
The sinusitis is related to the sleep apnea. I use CPAP as well so I know the problem. The thing is that the apnea causes your sinus’ to be irritated, which causes them to close up, which causes more issue with the apnea. Vicious circle. Mine eventually cleared up. I started using saline nasal spray every night before bed. Really cleaning out my sinus the best I could. Then I take a cotton swab and dip it in castor oil and swab out inside my nose to lubricate it some. Make sure you have the humidifier attachment on your CPAP as well.

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I have chronic sinusitis caused by a deviated septum resulting from damaged to my head and face sustained in an Army helicopter crash. Shortly after the crash, I developed the sinus infection and while I had most, if not all, of the symptoms associated with sleep apnea, it was not diagnosed until much later. I have had one operation on my nose which did not solve the problem and I ABSOLUTELY will not have another. The Veterans Administration has denied service connection for my sleep apnea and I need some authoritative source to support the assertions found on dozens of ENT and Apnea sites, which cite chronic sinusitis as a cause ( one several possibilities) for sleep apnea. Thanks, Wavie