Category: Sinusitis

“Some specialists treat your symptoms. Dr. Benke treated the cause of my chronic sinusitis. He listened to me carefully. I needed the surgery he recommended. He was the surgeon – with a wonderful bedside manner.” – Karen Elder On her visit, Karen’s sinuses were totally blocked, yet she had been on antibiotics almost year round….

Drugs for stuffy nose, sinus trouble, congestion and drainage, and the common cold constitute a large segment of the over-the-counter market for America’s pharmaceutical industry. Even though they do not cure allergies, sinusitis, colds, or the flu, they provide welcome relief for at least some of the discomforts of seasonal allergies and upper respiratory infections….

What Is A Fungus? Fungi are plant-like organisms that lack chlorophyll. Since they do not have chlorophyll, fungi must absorb food from dead organic matter. Fungi share with bacteria the important ability to break down complex organic substances of almost every type (cellulose) and are essential to the recycling of carbon and other elements in…

Tonsils & Adenoids Tonsils and adenoids filter bacteria out of what we swallow and breathe. Fiction! Any filter that could strain out microscopic material would not allow the passage of any food particles and would make eating impossible. Tonsils and adenoids are strategically located near the entrance to the breathing passages where they catch incoming…