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What do you do for sinus headache pressure?

SamiSamiBoBlammy
SamiSamiBoBlammy Posts: 868 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Our weather has been ranging from 20-80 for the last couple weeks and now I have an enormous sinus headache and pressure.

In the past, I would reach straight for the Alka Seltzer liquid gels... but now that I'm trying to get healthy, I'm thinking twice about taking medicines.

What do you eat/do to relieve a sinus headache without medication?

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  • mixmastermolly
    mixmastermolly Posts: 272
    Neti pot
  • tracybewick
    tracybewick Posts: 39
    Ive had lots of sinus problems in the past, best way is head over a bowl of steam and deep breathing (or steam room if u can get to one!) You can add some oils/decongestants to the water too
    Better than painkillers anyday
    tracy x
  • amylynn96
    amylynn96 Posts: 114 Member
    You could try sticking ur face over a pot of boiling water the steam helps sometimes..... or lay back with a cold pack on ur face, or anything cold a wash cloth u stuck in the freezer for a couple minutes...may not make the headache part go away but it'll help with some releif. I know they stink i get to many to not medicate them, but when i was pregnant i couldnt so i found other ways to help them. good luck, feel better soon : )
  • Serafimangel
    Serafimangel Posts: 174 Member
    ok this kind of counts as medicine, viks vapour rub, either under the nose or you can put a dollop in hot water and inhale it.

    other than that, there are some pressure points for sinuses that supposedly drain them if you massage a certain area between nose and eye, good chance googling it (its hard to explain without a diagram). hope this helps, bad sinuses can be awful.
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
    Ive had lots of sinus problems in the past, best way is head over a bowl of steam and deep breathing (or steam room if u can get to one!) You can add some oils/decongestants to the water too
    Better than painkillers anyday
    tracy x

    I normally add some vicks to the water so the menthol can open up my sinuses.
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