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Harvard Medical School Guide to Healing Your Sinuses (Harvard Medical School Guides) Paperback – Illustrated, April 5, 2005
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From a leading expert at one of the world's most respected medical schools----learn how to beat sinus infections once and for all
Nobody needs to tell you how painful and annoying sinus problems can be--the pounding headaches and congestion, the perpetually runny nose, and the debilitating fatigue, not to mention sleepless nights, lost work, and ruined vacations. Now you can do something about it by learning what a top expert tells his patients.
In The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healing Your Sinuses, Ralph B. Metson, M.D., a third-generation ear, nose, and throat specialist with more than twenty years of experience, tells you everything you need to know about taming your aching sinuses. A leading national authority in the field, Dr. Metson fills you in on:
- The ABCs of sinusitis, and how to identify the cause of your symptoms
- The entire range of treatments--from saltwater irrigation to laser surgery
- The pros and cons of decongestants, antibiotics, and steroids
- What to expect from surgery, and whether you're likely to benefit from it
- How to develop a total sinus management plan tailored to your needs
About Harvard Medical School Health Guides
Harvard Medical School guides give you the knowledge you need to understand and take control of your health. In every book, a world-renowned expert from Harvard Medical School provides you with the latest information on diagnosis, traditional and alternative treatments, home remedies, and lifestyle changes that can make a powerful difference in your health.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMcGraw Hill
- Publication dateApril 5, 2005
- Dimensions6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100071444696
- ISBN-13978-0071444699
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Ralph B. Metson, M.D., is a clinical professor at Harvard Medical School who practices at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. His work has been profiled in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he has appeared on "Good Morning America."
Steven Mardon is a freelance writer specializing in health issues who has written for newsletters, newspapers, and magazines for more than ten years.
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From a leading expert at one of the world's most respected medical schools----learn how to beat sinus infections once and for all
Nobody needs to tell you how painful and annoying sinus problems can be--the pounding headaches and congestion, the perpetually runny nose, and the debilitating fatigue, not to mention sleepless nights, lost work, and ruined vacations. Now you can do something about it by learning what a top expert tells his patients.
In The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healing Your Sinuses, Ralph B. Metson, M.D., a third-generation ear, nose, and throat specialist with more than twenty years of experience, tells you everything you need to know about taming your aching sinuses. A leading national authority in the field, Dr. Metson fills you in on:
- The ABCs of sinusitis, and how to identify the cause of your symptoms
- The entire range of treatments--from saltwater irrigation to laser surgery
- The pros and cons of decongestants, antibiotics, and steroids
- What to expect from surgery, and whether you're likely to benefit from it
- How to develop a total sinus management plan tailored to your needs
About Harvard Medical School Health Guides
Harvard Medical School guides give you the knowledge you need to understand and take control of your health. In every book, a world-renowned expert from Harvard Medical School provides you with the latest information on diagnosis, traditional and alternative treatments, home remedies, and lifestyle changes that can make a powerful difference in your health.
About the Author
Ralph B. Metson, M.D., is a clinical professor at Harvard Medical School who practices at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. His work has been profiled in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he has appeared on "Good Morning America."
Steven Mardon is a freelance writer specializing in health issues who has written for newsletters, newspapers, and magazines for more than ten years.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
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- Publisher : McGraw Hill; 1st edition (April 5, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0071444696
- ISBN-13 : 978-0071444699
- Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #211 in Lung & Respiratory Diseases
- #212 in Respiratory Diseases (Books)
- #3,747 in Healing
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But during over 60 years caching of colds I thought that probably there would not be much in the book which I not already knew concerning the cold and sinuses, but I must say that I by reading this book really learned a lot. In a book written in an excellent way, like all of the other Harvard Medical School Guide books, of which I owe a lot.
Working as engineer I during the years have made a lot of technical drawings, and I must say that the many drawings in this book are excellent clear and detailed. And thereby being god in helping the readers to be sure down in the details to known what the text tells about. And also good for using to point at when explaining details to other persons.
The book starts with at good explanation about how the system around the nose is build. And by reading this, and seen the drawings, I for the first time in my life found out that we at each side of the head have 3 sinus and not just 1 as I always have thought. Newer have been told that by the doctors, and by myself only by the feeling have noted the lover ones, the maxillary sinus, as they are called. And beside this, again as completely new to me, I also learned that we in the nose have a 6 hour cycle.
Besides there also is much good information concerning the pills we use, and by reading here maybe discovering that next time maybe chance to another pill, or putting questions to the doctor concerning which pills to use. And here concerning the pills I for example discover that some pills make the skin more sensitive to the sunshine! A connection which I believe most people by them self don't start thinking about.
And among other, also concerning surgery there are many interesting detail, and here telling about what have changed during the years, and what not to have done.
Among the recommendations to this book one person gives the lowest character and writes that it's better to go to Google than reading the book. Of course I also use Google, but that mostly when I go searching for a completely new thing, because I've found it difficult next time to find precisely the same writing. Opposite to that I find it easier and faster to owe books and using them as encyclopedias after speed maker have been used much inside the books; as we have learned in high school and university.
But once again to me this book is an encyclopedia concerning sinuses.
1. Commentary on the fact that antihistamines like Allegra/claritin thicken mucus and make it more difficult for your body to wash out the bacterialized mucus.
2. Some more specific information about why it is so critical to keep swelling down in the nasal passages to prevent "the cycle" from repeating
3. The fact that it is now common for antibiotic rounds to go 90 days or more to fully rid one of sinus infections
4. A focus on the fact that chronic sinus issues cause people to feel about their life the same anguish that people feel when they have diseases typically considered "more serious"
While nothing groundbreaking, the book gave me the idea to back off on the "allergy medicines" and only go with the nasal steriod sprays. I have had significant improvement in the last month compared to the last few years, due to no thick congestion in the head. Any person who can pick up on one or two things in the book that make a difference would make the book worth it.
Thanks amazon for recommending the book when I purchase the Neilmeid products!
They go in the the Details, and
give Ideas for Sinus Healing.
Plus Recommend Products to help.
Coming from a Harvard Dr. this Book
is Excellant. - I Highly Recommend it.
It Arrived in Excellant Shape.
Amazon has been really dependable,
Arrives on time, and in Decent Shape.
Highly Recommend.
a great deal about my condition.
Virginia Weaver








