Sinus Disease Dr. Grossan's Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant Pages Sinus Disease Sinus problems are most on the minds of my patients these days. These wonderful machines act like oars, moving 16 strokes each second to propel bacteria, dirt, and cancer causing poisons out of the nose and chest, before they have a chance to enter the body.
Many cancers form where there are few cilia, emphasizing their importance.
The treatment of choice for sinus disease is to have the body return the cilia to their normal function, beating 16 times per second. . If you start sneezing on awakening, it is because the nose is trying to get rid of the particles that accumulated there at night. You see, by drinking hot tea before you get out of bed, the body gets warmed up, the cilia speed up and the sneezing, hacking is avoided. They act in coordination to move out the dust and bacteria from the nose to the back of the throat where it can be swallowed and disposed of in the stomach. In the chest, the cilia beat to move the germs and dust out of the chest, up the windpipe to the throat where it is swallowed.