Thinking about grabbing this. My netti pot becomes completely ineffective when i get flare ups and swollen. Hoping anyone can provide any feedback on these machines and if they’re really worth it.
Takes me a lot to come to the internet for some sort of validation or answers but here I am. Running out of ideas and steam.. usually the internet makes my health anxiety skyrocket but figured I would keep trying and see! 8 weeks ago I spent a weekend outside in the sun in a crowded place and woke up that Monday and just felt super off and like I was lethargic and just not feeling like myself. I thought at first I was sleep deprived after a long weekend of low sleep. Slept 10+ hours for a week and still wasn’t feeling energized or awake at all.. started to notice some pressure in my nose area and some burning in my nose throat area when I would swallow. Assumed at this point I had a sinus bug or undiagnosed allergies.. doctor agreed so we did allergy testing and the results came back as I am not allergic to anything at all. So he said it’s probably a virus but not an infection so I just have to wait it out.. I’m on week 8 of waiting it out and my symptoms are robbing me of my normal life and super frustrating to deal with. Listing my symptoms below for like the last 5 weeks..
Vision feels off.. not like blurry but off when I’m wearing my glasses (yes I know about depersonalization but it’s not quite off like that) it’s like my brain is working overtime to process stuff and it almost feels too clear idk
Slight dizziness when I’m up and walking around
Eyes get red and irritated right when I wake up and when I go to bed. Pretty fine during the day
Energy levels are so low. I am tired way earlier than I used to be.
Depression and anxiety are as high as it ever has been. Had bloodwork done and everything looks fine
Fast forward to today and I have an ENT appointment before a sinus CT scan and he has a eureka moment with my symptoms saying it’s migraines. Silent migraines that I’ve been dealing with. Has anyone else had these findings and if not maybe reach out to your doctor and ask. He told me 9/10 people that come in with random long term sinus stuff like mine it’s some sort of migraine and he sees it very often. I am starting meds today and will update if it helped or not. Figured this might help someone else or maybe someone else can help me..
Try to be kind if you can I know this sounds desperate and like I’m just in an anxiety cycle but figured I’d see if anyone else deals with these symptoms and made it out to the other side. Some days it feels there’s no end in sight. Anyways sorry for the long post hope everyone is or will soon be happy and healthy!
A bad tooth that I’ve been ignoring for quite a while started getting pretty painful. I made a dentist appointment, and had an x ray done and scheduled a root canal for said tooth. After the x ray was finished, I noticed there is an oval above the bad tooth (left side, top molar).
I was sent home with antibiotics (amoxicillin), and 800 mg ibuprofen. The pain in my tooth decreased and I was looking forward to the root canal. 3 days into the amoxicillin, I started feeling a stinging burning pain in my cheekbones, temples, nose, and jaw. This pain was constant and unbearable. 2 days later, the right side of my face was no longer feeling this pain, but the left side (the side with the tooth) still had pain and was getting worse.
It got to a point where I couldn’t open my mouth. I can only breathe out of my right nostril. And my left eye feels like it’s about to pop, and feels like it is poking out. The tooth still doesn’t feel any more pain, just the entire left side of my face. Now the pain started extending down to the left side of my throat / neck. (I have multiple suspicious thyroid nodules on the left side).
I went to the hospital because I just could not handle the pain any longer. They performed a CT scan, and that’s the results in the second picture. They referred me to an ENT to find out what the obstruction is. I’m worried this might be a tumor because of the extent of this pain. Is anyone familiar with this type of situation?
So I had a nose job 3 years ago and to this day I can't breathe through my nose , the surgeon was so agressive it caused me trauma and ended up developing a cyst in my maxillary sinus and I had to get surgery to remove it and a turbinoplasty at the same time which didn't help cause they are still swollen because it's a functional problem, I have collapsed internal valves also the tip is totally messed up , it hurts to press on it and im hopeless no doctor wants to see me and if they do they brush me off I'm thinking of going abroad but how can a surgeon with so much experience mess up this much
I've had sinusitis for 2 months on both sides, and recently identified I've got a failed root canal so got it redone today. The endodontist who did it said it's rare that a bad tooth would cause sinusitis on both sides so the root canal retreatment might not fix the problem.
I'm gutted that I might not have found the source of the problem after all. Has anyone here had sinusitis on both sides that was caused by one tooth?
Stated feeling sick 5 days ago, LOTS of pressure in the forehead and lots of drainage, today I woke up with probably the worst sinus pain I’ve experienced ever in my cheeks and teeth on the left side only. Have done 4 rinses with the Neil med squeeze bottle and been firming hot fluids all day without much relief. I know 5 days isn’t long enough to rule out it being viral and get antibiotics but this pain/pressure is so intense. At what point do you go see the doc?
Struggling with this for 5 years now.. I had a septoplasty and turbinate reduction, and it didn't help. I tried every spray and every drug on this planet, and visited more than 30 ENTs in different cities. No one could help me because they're money-hungry idiots and don't know more about sinusitis than most people here on this subreddit.
One of them even told me that it's maybe just in my imagination and I should visit a psychiatrist instead LOL.
ENT 23 told me I should go for another turbinate reduction, while ENT 30 said that would be counterproductive and he doesn't recommend doing it.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE F THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ENT 30 took his time, checked my pre-surgery scans, and told me that a septoplasty wasn't even necessary. Sorry for ranting, but this is just pure comedy at this point. Nobody tries to get to the root cause; they're just recommending different surgeries to me left and right, and they contradict each other.
I don't even believe them that I have sinusitis anymore, I just don't know what else to call it lmao.
The red spot in the picture is driving me crazy, it feels swollen and clogged all the time, as if it's being squeezed together. Anyone here who feels the same and actually fixed it?
Sorry again for ranting.
Hey everyone, I had a root canal done twice in my life. Went to go get a second one a year plus, then I had to get it redone because the dentist I went to did not do it correctly. The endodontist that I went to see, said I had inflammation in my sinus region. Because I did a CT scan, I never have had sinus problems or allergies. Really considering pulling out my tooth, just to have it feel better. Anyone have this problem? Thank you so much.
Anyone tried it/had experience or thoughts on the matter?
I think it's similar to Lactobacillus Sakei method since they are both based on introducing good bacteria into a dysbiotic microbiota to restore balance.
hi all! i’ve been having terrible sinus issues for the past month, just got my ct scan results back which state this as the key findings:
anyone have any experience/ any idea what any of this means? or what ended up being your treatment? I don’t have an ent follow up until next week and the wait is driving me crazy! thanks in advance!
I live in a small flat in London and my allergies have been terrible this year. I am sneezing constantly and my eyes are itchy. I think it is dust and maybe pollution. I have been looking at air purifiers but there are so many options and they are not cheap.
Has anyone bought one recently that they would recommend? I am open to any brand really. I just want to breathe easier in my own home.
5'10, 175 lb, 65F, thyroid meds, HBP med, statin, generic Zyrtec
Maybe silly but: Every night, one side of my sinuses will get stuffed up and often gets a bit uncomfortable, as it feels very full. If I roll to the other side, it moves to that side. When I shower, I always have to blow quite a bit to clear it up. My pillow is new and hypoallergenic, it happens whether the sheets are freshly laundered or not. I do take an allergy pill every night - is that making it worse by having my body dependent on it?
Hello, im sorry if this isn’t my subreddit to post this in, but i thought this might be useful.
I may have a perforated eardrum, and was swimming in a lake possible to have brain eating amoeba and water alot of got inside my ear on August 14th.
My nose is not as issue, as i took extra care and wore nose clips and everything.
I am flying very soon and having severe panic that the cabin pressure will push brain-eating amoeba liquid from my ear deep enough to reach nerves. For instance, when your ear pops or other pressure changes.
I don’t know whether that’s possible or whether it will drain into my nose (which ive read is possible) , where i can then get an infection via the normal route of an N.Fowleri infection as it touches the back of my nose where infection can occur.
I’m particularly worried it will drain into a region of the nose and i will then sniff, or somehow suck it up to the required region for infection. Or somehow, the cabin pressure changes during the flight will cause the amoeba drained into my lower nose from ear, to suck up to the olfactory area required for infection.
After finding out the lake has a very high chance of the amoeba, and discovering how fatal it is i am incredibly stressed.
Is this just my health anxiety? i cant cancel the flight and really need to get on it.
I will be flying 5 days after the water got into my ear, if that changes anything.
I don’t know anything about nose anatomy to answer this myself.
I have been using himalayan salt and i wonder if its any different from regular table salt.
But I still feel weird my ears are always full my body feels weird I can’t sleep I’m always jittery and don’t feel real and feel weird at all times and I can’t leave my house as I’m super anxious has anyone dealt with this and what’s the best way to fix it cause I feel like I’m saying every day. When I do sleep I wake up in the morning with a super fast heartbeat that takes like 20 minutes to calm down.
How long do you guys let yourself feel like shit before going to the doc to get treatment?
Also, have any of you actually gotten your issues cultured to know exactly what's going on in there? I'm tired of just always getting random antibiotics that don't seem to do anything.
My left nostril is super dry and smells like skunk .I can't come close to anybody ,smell is beyond awful. No doctor or specialist can help me ,(I don't have any sinus pressure or pain.) Nobody heard about the case like mine .I really want to die ,
Im a 20F and Ive been super emotional lately about my sinus issues especially about finding out how chronic and clogged i am after not knowing for years. I work as a cna but with kids and ive been getting flares 1-3 times a month for the past 5 months consecutively and nothing seems to work. Usually i get them probably 4 times a year but now its been like 8-10 plus events and the year isnt even over yet. The mucus will stop pouring out of my face when the flare ends and just pour down my throat instead. I finally got a ct and it was just all grey on the right side and polyps as well and met with an ent and was told my adenoids are humongous and my septum is very deviated. Ive lived with this face pressure and neck pain and ear pain and nasal drip for so much of my life and i just cant believe it. I constantly feel terrible and dont want to do anything i feel exauhsted when i have no reason to be. Im always mouth breathing. We are trying one more round of antibiotics before we plan for surgery and i just feel so like relieved but also so like impatient i really want to feel better and enjoy my life again :(. Does anyone else just feel super worn down and unable to enjoy things cus they constantly dont feel good? Everytime i swallow i can just feel my adenoids and it feels so inflammed in upper part of my throat. I hope the antibiotics work or if surgery has to happen it happens soon and it goes well. Does anyone have any advice? Or would like to share there story?
Hi everyone. Im 21M and got issues with my Turbinate hypertrophy when I was 15. I suffered with nasal breathing for a while and relied mostly on mouth breathing. Even during puberty years I would spend sleepless nights because of my breathing.
After years of treatments and no improvement, I decided to get turbinate reduction and septoplasty surgery when I was 19 just two years ago. And while the surgery did improve my breathing and I do not spend laying awake at nights anymore difficulty breathing, it still didn't fully cure my issue. I would say it improved it by 50%.
I still mouth breathe all the time, even when I sleep. I get tired easily despite exercising daily and maintaining a healthy weight.
What led me to post today was someone took a picture of my side profile today and I look horrible. My mouth is open, my posture is front, my nose has been crooked since 2 years now. And my jaw/chin have receded.
I'm getting anxiety attacks now. I'm scared if my face will ever return normal again. I eat healthy and train regularly and this is the peak of my youth. Despite surgery and treatment this disease is ruining my life.
I always feel like sinusitis can’t really be cured.