Sinusitis..? In a haze...
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Hi.. For the past 2 years i've had pressure/pain above my left and right top teeth, pressure behind eyes, and forehead, and I feel like I'm in a haze and not myself.. At first I thought it was a tooth problem. I had my wisdom teeth out, but the symptoms still occur.. I had another x-ray which showed my teeth were fine. The dentist said it's probably sinusitis.. I've been taking nasal steroid spray for about 6 months.. I had a CT scan. The scan showed everything was fine. I had a little build up in the right max sinus, but ENT said it shouldn't be causing me problems.. Im baffled, and ENT are not sure what to do.. They've given me Clarithromycin anti-biotic to take for a month.. After living with this for 2 years, it is really affecting me socially.. The pressure in my face and the feeling of being in a haze (hard to describe exactly what it's like) makes it difficult for me to concentrate and interact with people... I even feel like I don't look right a lot of the time... droopy eyes and fatigued.. I hope to hear from someone with similar symptoms, because I really don't know what to do about it...
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Maureen
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Thanks for your reply..
Have you tried using nasal rinse? I use a sinus rinse bottle twice a day.. It's very refreshing, but I don't seem to get much discharge.. I'm very baffled that my CT scan showed sinuses to be fine.. So, now I'm not sure if it is a sinus problem, but the location of the pressure in my face would suggest sinusitis...
Matt
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Matt
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Maureen
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yes I really need a diagnosis.. I've been referred to many specialists for over a year now and no-body can figure out for sure what is going on...
Luckily I'm living in the UK at the moment, and their health system is free, so you don't pay for consultations or scans..
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matt60348 mike05694
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thanks for the message..
yes very frustrating isn't it.. I haven't felt like myself for over a year and a half.. I haven't even had a proper diagnosis.. Just been passed from specialist to specialist..
Can you remember when it all started for you or anything that might have caused it? Mine started when I flew from London to Japan. After a month in Japan, I started having a disoriented feeling and facial pain.. Then I flew to Australia and the facial pain worsened over 9 months. Then when I flew back to London, the pain as the plane was descending was unbearable!
Have you had a proper diagnosis? What medicines/remedies have you tried?
Matt
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mark2015 matt60348
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I had the gum and teeth pressure numbness and the weird facial feeling on one side that felt like it was drooping but it wasnt, if you know what i mean. My ears were also feeling slightly wet and blocked every now and again.
About 6 weeks ago I was out for dinner with some friends and their son who is 19 and when we got the coffees and I offered the son the sugar bowl he refused saying white sugar made his ears wet. Naturally we all laughed but I thought maybe he is on to something.
Anyway after some research I decided to not only cut the sugar out completely, but to also take a complex B vitamin with B12 in it and vitamin c. In addition I dont let any water get into my ears when in the shower or bath. Literally within a week nearly all the symptoms went away and now 6 weeks later I am symptom free.
I am not a DR and in no way can be sure what has happened over the past 6 weeks but it has worked for me. I wish you all the best of luck and hope you all find some resolution.