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Question: Where can I find authoritative proof that chronic sinusitis can cause sleep apnea?I have chronic sinusitis caused by a deviated septum resulting from damaged to my head and face sustained in an Army helicopter crash. Shortly after the crash, I developed the sinus infection and while I had most, if not all, of the symptoms associated with sleep apnea, it was not diagnosed until much later. I have had one operation on my nose which did not solve the problem and I ABSOLUTELY will not have another. The Veterans Administration has denied service connection for my sleep apnea and I need some authoritative source to support the assertions found on dozens of ENT and Apnea sites, which cite chronic sinusitis as a cause ( one several possibilities) for sleep apnea.
Answer: I think that you already have the web sites. Having always suffered from chronic sinusitis, also with a deviated septum and also having undergone surgery that didn't help, I understand. My ex had sleep apnea, which is caused by a throat obstruction that closes down your air supply when you're trying to sleep. I did not have this problem, but it was a separate operation on the throat, not on the nose.I am answering this to share a solution that I have found to my chronic sinusitis. You can also research this on the web, but we are chronically low in iodine - salt supplements just don't do enough. You can't find real iodine supplements in most health food stores because it's used in the manufacture of some illegal drugs. But you can get it, as potassium iodine supplements for nuclear emergencies. It's recommended, but not widely advertised, that we should all take a fairly high dosage of iodine in case of a nuclear attack or accident (like Chernobyl). There are several places you can get them online. I break them up into 4 to 6 pieces, to get the equivalent dose that people in other areas of the world get normally in their diet.It has helped enormously with my chronic sinusitis, while the operation and steroid sprays that they gave me did nothing. This won't help you get an operation for sleep apnea from the VA, but that should be dealt with separately based on your medical evaluation.
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