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strange feeling in sinuses???

Question:

i’m hoping people on this forum can help me. i’m not sure why i put this in sleep disorders, but i guess this condition flares up alot when i sleep. i have a strange feeling in my nasal passages, sort of like it’s very dry and irritated or that some of the nodes (is that the correct word? have become agitated. almost always one side of throat/nose only, but occasionally other side too. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT’S IN THE RIGHT HAND PASSAGE WAY FROM THROAT TO NOSE, BUT WHEN I CLEAR IT BY SMALL COUGH, IT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE FURTHER DOWN. when to a throat specialist a year ago and he didn’t find anything but i think i described it more as a lump, so he’d probably have been looking for something very serious and right now i’d classify this as very annoying. My thoughts are that its a combination of 1) dehydration (flares up when i run, but it definitely feels like it’s localized in one spot). 2) allergies (i’m pretty much allergic to all common non-food allergents; started on allergy shots a year ago, but i find it’s very time-consuming and not effective). basically, this condition started when i lived in a house with horrible ventilation and alot of mold, plus i’m not great at cleaning so alot of dust, but that’s nothing new. 3) stress (i notice it when i feel stressed or go to important meetings). other possible causes: could be a small little growth or irritated nodes (never even realized that just behind mouth, there are these passages (i assume to the nose). the condition comes and goes a little. could something very small (mold or fingernail piece – chew my nails) impacted although i think my body would be trying to expel it violently. I have very little mucus in nose/throat/saliva and noticed that for years (when i was a kid i had alot due to allergies or winter weather and had huge mucus)… could it be sinusitis??? but i’m never sick/cough (sinusitis caused terrible cough???) and i’ve got to figure a throat specialist would have checked for that. also, acid backing up from stomach????? Sorry to be hypochondriac but i’ve seen all these explanations on this thread. i’m sure most people, including that throat specialist if i go again, will tell me it’s a common condition of modern "poor air quality" and stress AND suggest hydrating nose more and taking antihistamines…. but i’d much rather take a pill and be cured LOL!!!! anyhow, thanks in advance for all input.

Response:

On 25 Jun 2004 09:41:31 -0700, smchan…@yahoo.com (go raptors!) wrote: >i have a strange feeling in my nasal passages, sort of like it’s very >dry and irritated or that some of the nodes (is that the correct word? >have become agitated. almost always one side of throat/nose only, but >occasionally other side too. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT’S IN THE RIGHT >HAND PASSAGE WAY FROM THROAT TO NOSE, BUT WHEN I CLEAR IT BY SMALL >COUGH, IT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE FURTHER DOWN.

That’s not really where the sinuses are. Well, I think there is one drainage point from the deep sphenoid sinus that goes somewhat low like that. If you want to be sure, you could get a CT scan.   But if your sinuses  look ok to the endoscope, it may not be justified to expose yourself to the radiation and cost of a CT scan, particlarly when the symptoms do not sound like sinus symptoms…..

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