Sinusitis, allergy's worse doing what I like!

[irwin]

I'm lucky that pollen does not bother me. But I don't like it at the end of mowing or brush cutting when I'm coughing/spitting black goo. I bought a $35ish "gas" mask at the hardware store for some remodeling I was doing. Its the kind with two cylinders on the side.

I found that this thing was somewhat comfortable. I could actually work in the thing where as the cheap N95 masks really restricted my breathing. The N95's would leave me huffing and puffing just getting on/off the tractor.

The only downside with the "gas" mask is that I set a pretty sight wearing it, eye protection and worksaver hearing protection with the antennae on the side.

Later,
Dan

Huumm; I'd always figured that type would be somewhat more restraining, but thinking now, why not try it? After a day in dust and pollen, topped off by wood particals spread by a busy chainsaw I can't talk too good (Bad grammar also) with my throat closed up and my sinuses swollen. I'm open to new/old ideas..

I use the same or similar mask and it works. I highly recomment it. Prior to that I would get a sinus infection every time after mowing the yard. With it I don't. I also use a salt water nasal spray every day or even twice a day. Sometimes I use a steroid nasal spray. Minimal side affects.

Well; here's another thumb up for the Darth Vader style, okay Dan and Bob I'll be getting one this week..Lets see what happens..

I bought a nasal douch not long ago, and the first time I used it, got a bad infection starting the next evening!!! I'm sure it was coming on anyway, but it got me gun shy about them Neti Pots... I have used the saline misters with success after my last sinus operation.....Golly, I'd hate to re-infect myself..

 

[D7E]

Huumm; I'd always figured that type would be somewhat more restraining, but thinking now, why not try it? After a day in dust and pollen, topped off by wood particals spread by a busy chainsaw I can't talk too good (Bad grammar also) with my throat closed up and my sinuses swollen. I'm open to new/old ideas..



Well; here's another thumb up for the Darth Vader style, okay Dan and Bob I'll be getting one this week..Lets see what happens..

I bought a nasal douch not long ago, and the first time I used it, got a bad infection starting the next evening!!! I'm sure it was coming on anyway, but it got me gun shy about them Neti Pots... I have used the saline misters with success after my last sinus operation.....Golly, I'd hate to re-infect myself..

I'm also a logger too so i hear ya on the chainsaw dust but i have found that after about 10 different meds and none worked ,I'm on steroid inhalers now and it take about a week for any affect ,By then sometimes the worst has passed anyway .