Nasal blockage through out the year. Please HELP!!
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Hi. I am 22 Male. I have been having nasal congestion problems for the past 3 years. My nose is almost always blocked and I can't breath with ease from my nose. I have visited sevearl ENT specialists and all of them told me it's a allergic problem. But none of them ever told me what causes this allergy which happens through out the year.
I have taken Kestine 10mg, Myteka 10mg & Avamys sprays 2 times a day for the past 3.5 months. I still haven't detected any noticable differences. Sometimes my nose is very open without any blockage and rest of the time its blocked.
I have come here to seek help as I am just very scared and tired of this condition and I can no longer bear it.
* What should I do to figure out the reason behind this nasal blockage?
* Should I keep using Humidifier for temporary relief (sometimes I use it 3 times a day)?
* I am planning to visit a vacination institute but people have spread rumors that these vacines make people dependent on them for life and it's not a permenant solution.
Please Please Please help me!!
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care4health umers
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Do you live in a hot, humid area? Rural, or town? Pollution, dust?
Have they tested you for allergies? Skin prick test? It should give some indications what your might be allergic to, however even if you know it sprays most likley won't help you as you've already tried a few.
There are Desensitization therapies, but they expensive, takes a long time, and no guarantie it will work.
Humidity, temperature change could be an additional factor to make things worse.
So if you have exhausted all the options, steroid or saline sprays, antihistamines, and nothing helped, here's what you should do. Very simple. Move!
Get out of that area, it should fix it. It fixed it for me. I'm 100% fine during the day, still a bit of trouble at night.
You need to stay away from that palce for a fair bit, don't expect immediate change, but after a few days, a week you should definitely some changes. It might be hard depending on your circumstances, but it's really your health on the line.
Meantime what you should do to get some relief, assuming you have tried all the natural stuff
take pseudoeffedrine, it will clear your nose, unless you have heart problems, it should be ok, not for long term though.
Pseudoeffedrine might keep you up at night, so take it during the day.
For the night, -very unconventional, but I know exactly how you feel and how horrible it can be - take sleeping pills, maybe with 1/2 pseudoeffedrine.
I only take sleeping pills when my nose gets congested, usully just partially but enough to keep me up at night. so once in a while I take sleeping pills.
But really the long term would be to get your nose fixed for good and if you can't achieve it with the usual treatments mind you costeroid sprays are quite harmful on the long run, damage the lining of the nose - so if you have a chance to move at least for a while to some other place, do it. And that's not the next subburb, really far away.
Hope it helps
umers care4health
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I did move to another city for a year but I didn't notice much of a difference or may be I wasn't caring or keen about my condition after I moved. It's been almost 3 years that I have this problem.
I haven't been checked for the allergies but I am thinking to get a checkup soon.
I have become very sensitive to this problem for the past few months. In winter I had a gastric problem which made me even more sensitive about my health.
I am just fed up with this problem. I am seeking help here because may be the doctors of Europe and America which are considered very professoinal and sound in their expertise will be able to help me in figuring out the problem or may be just give me some sort of advice that has proven working.
care4health umers
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If you have seen a few ENTs I assume you already had CT scan. have they fund anything? like Polyp? or Deviated septum?
would you be able to which city you moved from to which city? Maybe both cities have the same environment so could be that's why it didn;t make any difference. Like if you moved from a costal town to another costal city it would probably be very similar.
Don't want to disapoint you but ENTs will just give you nasal sprays, some might suggest to get a surgery (even if you don't need it)
I have seen zillions of ENTs.
umers care4health
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Yes both the cities have almost the same climatic conditions. The city that I am living in currently, thats where I was born and spent almost all my life here accept for that ONE year in another city.
care4health umers
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Allergies can develop any time and anywhere at any age
I'm surprised that any of the Drs you seen haven't tested you for allergies. It should be the very first thing they should have done
umers care4health
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As it would be the first time so I would like to know how does the doctors perform allergy tests for nasal purposes? May be you can tell me as You have had this test already.
care4health umers
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If your sking gets red, itchy, that means you are allergic to that particlular one. It's not too bad, won't hurt.
It also shows how badly you are allergic, very simple, little redness, not a big deal, get really big red, you are definatley allergic to it.
You can also get tested by a simple blood test, but it's not as reliable and complex as the skin prick one. If you see your GP ask about it.
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But your question is very relevant, it gives an indication. For ex. if it shows your are allergic to dust mites, that would mean it is something which is the main or partial cause of your symptoms. You will never know if that is the only cause or not. You could be allergic to a whole ragne of things but there are no testing for it.
testing include some food, dairy, dust mites, different trees / flowers, things like that.
But it's better than nothing.
The problem is how to treat it. Even if you know, what can you do about it, unless it's food which would be easy to eliminate, but it's nearly impossible to get rid of dust or dust mites or the flowers, tree around you. You can get some protection, like dust mite cover for your bed, but I doubt it would make a huge difference.
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The vaccination is a big commitment, as it also goes for several month, maybe years. And I guess you get it weekly at the beginning, than monthly.
Yes, it does help for some. You usually notice withing a few month, if no improvment, not worth to continue with it.
How bad is you congestion? You say you have it almost all the time. Is better during the day?
umers care4health
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What kind of allergy do you have?
care4health umers
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The last ENT I saw said that there is nothing he could do about it, another surgery wouldn't make any difference.
So basically dust mites are only part of the problem, what I think is that dust or chemichals from the fields sometimes blown out here, can cause severe alleries, and the humidity & changes to air pressure contribute to it.
Changes to posture also blocks one side, like when I sleep on my side the lower side always get congested and the other stays clear. I think that's because the blood vessels fill up. I got used to it, so as long as the other side is clear I'm ok.
If humidifier helps you, you can use one in your room. There are qute good and cheap ones out there.
I tried awamys and many others, none worked for me.
You don't use decongestatnts, right? It causes rebound effect if used over a weeks or so and you definitely don't want that.
Have you tried saline rince? It's more efficient that saline sprays. If you haven't it's another easy and cheap thing to try.
I have also tried capsicain spray, but didn't work for me.
I have also an infrared lamp, it's good for all kind of sinus infection, something you might want to consider, not very expensive at all.
if you chose to go for immuno therapy, and you don't mind to pay a little bit more, you'd better off with the sublingual drops, than vaccination every month.
This allergy thing is very annoying, and the problem that poeple and DRs think oh well, not a big deal, you not gonna die from it, so just get over it.
Therefore no research, no treatment besides the sprays which helps only for some. :-(
umers care4health
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Oh by humidifier I mean the decongestant spray. I don't know where to go because my whole damn country is hot and humid!
care4health umers
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It doesn't make any sense, furthermore why you would need a humidifier if your area is already humid. But your said before that you have four seasons, so can't be humid all the time.
What decongestant sprays are you using?
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YOU CAN ONLY USE MAX 3 DAYS! IT SHOULD STATES IT ON THE LABEL!
How long have you been using it??? You probably have a rebound effect from it, it means no matter what you do it, your nose will get blocked. But this rebound effect can be fixed just by not using the spray at all. YOU MUST STOP USING IT!
The other problem you have is the constant humidity.
You can try a dehumidifier - quite expensive, and for severe cases might not make any difference.
My advise if you stuggling to stop with the spray, swap it to pseudoeffedrine tablets.
umers care4health
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What do these tablets do?
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Pseudoeffedrine if very effective, does the same, shrinks the blood vessels, but has an effect to the whole body. It can give you a bit of heart race. Not to use it forever, but should be ok to use it more often that the decongestant. However as it's not something you can take forever, so it's still a temporary solution.
If you take it once in a while it shouldn't be a problem.
But get that allergy test done and than we'll see. Get yourself checked for acid reflux or GERD, it can also cause nasal congestion.
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Saline rinse / nasal irrigation: more effective, but do not use it if your nose is fully blocked, the water can get into your ear and can be very painful.
There are many tips for food & spicies which might help but really you just need to experience with it. Google natural remedies nasal congestion.
There is also a natural form of pseudoeffedrine, not sure if you can get it in your country: it's called effedra tea or Ma Huang. It's very mild, doesn't have as strong effect as the tablets you get from your chemist. But natural :-). It still gives you a heart race if you drink too much of it.
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hen you push the bottle the wate goes into your nostril and should come out on the other side. When very congested it can't come out and ends up in your ears. Not a big drama, just painful
If your nose is very blocked up, just use the normal saline spray.
However it's not a decongestant, won't clear up your nose straight away, but maybe using it on a regular basis it can help. Worth to try anyway.