I've had sinusitis on and off for 3-4 years. Can we all share symptoms please?????

Hi Danielle

Yes I've posted on this before a few months back. This year I've had sinus problems from may to this very day (suffered with them for years but never this bad). Ive had all those symptoms and I'm so glad you mentioned the tingling. That was worrying me big time I'd get it in the head and face (left side ). I get the tinnitus and had it constant in the summer. I have extra sensitive gums and tooth ache and pains along my sinus bones in the cheeks. These are particularly bad when lying down. I don't know where you live but I swear some kind of pollution came over in the UK and set mine off bad. Never suffered like this before. I have gum sores too u think caused by the constant dry mouth I had. My ENT just put me on steroid sprays and amitripyline but neither any good.

Hi Danielle, I had the tingling on one side just like you and the ENT did the usual CT scan and camera up the nose and said I had a couple of small polyps which is apparently quite common. Anyway he gave me some nasal spray which did nothing and back in September on the advice of a friend I gave up all dairy producys and with 3 weeks nearly all the symptoms including tingling disappeared. Just for the record this Xmas I had a load of Brandy cream with my Xmas pudding as I thought I would risk it and like clock work the tingling came back last (Boxing Day)

 

Hi everyone, just read your posts, having a really bad attack at the moment, painful gums, pain behind my nose and eyes, extreme pressure in my head, headache, post nasal drip, and cough, Have it in varying degrees for years, would love a day pain free. Good luck.

Thanks for the replys! It's good to hear other people's symptoms. It's stopped me going insane! Thanks for the tips as well will try it!

Ditto to all the above, for 4 years this December, I'm fedup with it all.. Back and forth to doctors and dentists.

List of my symptoms.

Weird funny dull headache

Intermittent Dizzy/balance spells/not room spin (although it was right at the beginning of it all)

tender gums at the back of mouth

Cheek ache on right side

Ache on bridge of nose

Tired eyes and when I rub them the pain from behind my eyes is horrible almost makes me sick.

Right ear ache

Intermittent humming from ears.

This had been going on for 4 years, it was really bad the first few months full on vertigo,sickness, poor memory etc then it's gradually just become the above symptoms.

I've had all my Wisdom teeth removed coz of this all. Thinking it may have been them as they were impacted... But no!

Been to 3 ents, ct scan and mri.

Ent 1 couldn't get camera up my right nose it was that inflamed did ct scan deviated septum and inflamed turbinates on the right Given steroid drops, sprays nothing helped, also noted right ear drum was bulging and had bubbles and fluid behind it.

Ent 2 noted the ear issue, tried different sprays, no help!

Ent 3 was horrible man.. told me it was a jaw or migraine problem. Said nothing wrong with my sinuses or ears! So the other 2 were lying I guess.

Mri of brain showed " change on brain relating to a form of migraine " follow up with my doc and she said they'd lost my

Actual scan and also she didn't understand what they meant because migraines don't show up on scans ( so I'm left thinking what's the change then)

I'm waiting to see neurologist my appointment is on the 22nd January.

Can I ask how old you all are? I'm 37, I was 34 when it all began.

Hope we can help each other.

My god it's frightening to see some have suffered for years. I've had sinus problems before but never this bad. It's amazing how you mention you had your wisdom teeth out thinking it was them causing the discomfort. I have a dentist booked this week but I have a feeling it'd the sinus pressure putting it all on my gums and teeth. One of my GP 's said it was a falicy sinus effects gums but he's so wrong. I won't let the dentist take any teeth out until they are 100 % sure. Still got swollen turbinates face pain gum and teeth pain. I just wonder what set it all off. I'm 44 and just trying to live with it.

Does anyone else feel dumb when it's all going on, my concentration goes out the window, my memory is poor and I just feel inadequate.

I'm a single mum with a 7 year old son, and when it rears it's ugly had I feel bad coz im so irritable and emotional, I can't do things with him, coz im afraid to go anywhere incase the word dizzy head appears and by 4 pm in so exhausted I'm ready for my bed.

Life at the mo just feels like a blur, like I'm just plodding on not actually living.. I used to be so out going and confident to all this happened.

Did any of you suffer hay fever before all this, I did really bad for years then it just disappeared one year.

Also do any of you suffer congestion after eating... It's almost like something keeps triggering it... Mines like a pattern..

First I get the gum ache then the bridge of nose and behind my eyes then my ears then the weird spacy headaches and neck ache and balance issues then I'll start hacking up green lumps in the mornings.

Only thing I think kinda helps is pseudephodrine and ibuprofen and paracetamol, doesn't shift it but helps alittle.

Also I use tiger balm white and rub it in my forehead... My nose starts running like a tap but I still feel a lump deep up my nose, if I.blow it won't come out but if I snort of you know what I mean I can feel it and have to try and hack it out.. Sorry too much info. Yuk

Out of curiosity where is everyone from? I'm from South Wales

Hi Danielle, I live in Sacramento CA. I am a GMO free mom and activist. I only learned about GE foods in 2013 but I made a radical lifesyle change to remove them from mine and my family's diet. Anytime I eat chicken, or meats from animals that are fed GMO products my head does what each of you are describing. I don't have the gum or tooth pain but I get a really bad head ache on my left side, sometimes my right. It only happens when I have eaten foods that I know have GE ingredients in them (sinceit is the holidays I have been eating at relatives homes that still purchase tainted foods). Two things: 1. Is anyone else trying the GMO free approach to curing this? Regardless of the cost, is anyone trying this approach? I am curious if I am on to something. A movie called Genetic Roulette describes our symptoms as "leaky brain." 2. I came across an herbal remedy that may help called Rootology. It cleared the mucus up and made my head stop hurting.

Thanks everyone. Glad we are sharing here. Maybe we can find some answers this way.