Sick/Sinuses and working out

mokoko123
mokoko123 Posts: 77 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Been sick for 2 weeks straight and SO miss working out. Everytime I start feeling better I wake up the next day and feel WORSE! It's all in my head with sinuses and I can't breath. I'm on oral steroids and strong antibiotics and just feel so run down. When is it safe again to start working out? Most of this is just due to bad allergies and the pollen in the air, but its hard to breath so working out is difficult :(

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  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    Been sick for 2 weeks straight and SO miss working out. Everytime I start feeling better I wake up the next day and feel WORSE! It's all in my head with sinuses and I can't breath. I'm on oral steroids and strong antibiotics and just feel so run down. When is it safe again to start working out? Most of this is just due to bad allergies and the pollen in the air, but its hard to breath so working out is difficult :(

    How about gentle exercise at home? You don't want to be exposed to other people's germs while you're on antibiotics and steroids, things like MRSA at the gym. I'm having allergy problems, too, at the moment. I hope it doesn't go on for weeks.
  • elmr34
    elmr34 Posts: 32 Member
    I have allergies too and for the past few months they have kept me from doing much exercise outside. (my allergy season is almost over though)

    I swear by Zyrtec (available OTC and generic form is very inexpensive) and take Benadryl at night on really bad days. Ask your doctor if you think you could be doing more for your allergies. Also ask about using a Neti pot. Mine is a LIFE SAVER. Basically you flush your sinuses by pouring sterile saline solution (which you can make at home for cheap) up your nose. I can be completely stuffed up, eyes blood shot, nose, ears, and mouth itching, sneezing, and even short of breath from allergies and after using the neti pot and washing my face/clothes I feel like a new person. But ask your doctor or an allergy specialist because I'm not sure if you should use it with a sinus infection.

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