Dust and allergies Sinus NewsLetter

Our SinusWars.com newsletter this week will be focusing on Dust and allergies.

Contents

1. Dust and allergies.
2.Sinus VS Tinnitus.
3. Sinus, Tinnitus and vitamin deficiency.

1. Dust and allergies
   
   
   Most people with hay fever or sinus think of their home as a haven where they can get away from their allergies. Unfortunately, houses and apartment buildings are the source for their own allergens. Allergens are actually living and breeding in your homes.
   
   Indoor allergies are very common and occur at every age.
   
   House dust is the main cause of sinus,hay fever and other allergies.
   
   
   What is house dust?
   
   

   It varies depending on the age of your home,the location of your home, the temperature and humidity in the home, what you keep in the home (everything from food to clothes to furniture), and who lives in the home (human, animal, and plant).

   Every house will have some dust even if your home is cleaned daily.

   House dust is an airborne mixture that might contain fine particles of soil and plant material from indoors or outdoors, particles of human and animal skin (dander) and hair, fabric fibers, mold spores, fragments of insects that have died and their waste, food particles, and other debris.

   While almost anything in dust can trigger an allergic reaction, the most important and worst indoor allergens are pet dander, molds, cockroaches, and dust mites.

   Unlike seasonal allergies such as hay fever, indoor allergies may last all year long.

   They tend to be at their worst in the late summer, when the levels of dust mites are at their highest.

   Your symptoms can actually be worse in the winter, though, when the windows are closed, you closed in with the allergens.

   If you have indoor allergies, you will continue to have symptoms as long as you are exposed to your allergens.
   
   In our next issue we will give tips on how to minimize dust mites in your home.
   
   
   

2. Sinus vs Tinnitus
   
   
   Thousands of our readers have repeatedly asked us what is the relationship between sinus and tinnitus. Well here it is.
   
   The middle ear has mucus membranes surrounding it. These membranes produce the mucus which is necessary to cleanse the middle ear.
   
   Ideally, this mucus then drains out of the middle ear via the Eustachian tubes and into the throat.
   
   Individuals who suffer from sinusitis, rhinitis and allergies often use antibiotics and antihistamines to treat these conditions.
   
   What often happens as a result of the over enthusiastic use of antibiotics and antihistamines, is that the mucus in the inner becomes too thick to easily drain out of the narrow Eustachian tubes.
   
   A buildup of mucus in the middle ear then occurs and tinnitus and ear infections most often result.
   
   Tinnitus noises that result from this include clucking or cracking, gurgling or whirring sounds.
   
   These noises are often aggravated or relieved by swallowing or blowing the nose since there is often a negative pressure in the ear.
   
   From time to time, many people often experience a ringing tone in the affected ear which comes and goes periodically, lasting a few seconds at a time.
   
   
   
3. Sinus, Tinnitus and vitamin deficiency.
   
   
   Many individuals suffering from sinus and tinnitus are also vitamin deficient and would benefit from high potency vitamin supplements.
   
   "We don't know much about how zinc works in the inner ear, but it's evident that the cochlea needs zinc to function properly," explains George E. Shambaugh, Jr., M.D., professor emeritus of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.
   
   "Animals fed a diet low in zinc partially lose the ability to hear, and apparently, even the kind of marginal zinc deficiency often seen in older people worsens the hearing loss associated with ear damage from noise or aging." Zinc is involved in a wide array of functions, including helping to maintain healthy cell membranes and protecting cells from oxygen-related damage.
   
   Doctors estimate that up to 31% percent of the patients they see that are suffering from severe tinnitus are zinc-deficient.
   
   They also suffer from poor appetite, hair loss, diminished taste or smell or skin problems.
   
   All of these symptoms are related to zinc deficiency.