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- 31 F
- 5'4"
- 130 lbs
- Filipino living in the US
- Sticky sensation in eustachian tubes
- No current meddications
- Non-drinker, non-smoker, no recreational drug use
- No known allergies
Back in 2018 I had a sinus infection. My doctor had me on 5 day Azithromycin 300 MG and 14 day Cefdinir 250 MG. She also had me take over the counter probiotics and anti-nausea meds. I took it just as prescribed and I felt great the second day of taking the antibiotics. Fast forward to finishing the prescriptions and I'm still having a few residual symptoms to which my doctor recommended I use a saline spray to help clear my sinuses and that it will take a while for all the symptoms to go away. I told her my ears still felt blocked and told me to go with over the counter antihistamines and take some nasal decongestant. I did that and still didn't help much.
The rest of 2018 and most of 2019 I had gotten sick on and off regularly each time with sinus issues and definitely coughed up mucus from my lungs. I didn't have insurance during 2019 so I didn't see a doctor during then. 2020 not getting sick as often but still get the sticky feeling of blocked eustachian tubes fairly often. I could just be taking a hot shower and my ears would plug up or even just having a long conversation my ears would start getting plugged. This year I am also back on insurance so I asked my doctor, same one I had back in 2018, looked at my ears and said they look fine and again recommended I use nasal decongestant (I have used both Phenylephrine and Pseudoephedrine.) Tried it again and still the same. My nose isn't the main issue when it's mostly my ears getting congested. With the pandemic I don't want to have to go in and see my doctor again for them to just tell me the same thing, she sees nothing wrong when she looks into my ears.
I have tried the previous mentioned methods, sinus rinses, sinus massages, lymphatic massages, Afrin for 3 days max only when it got really bad, Alkolol with my sinus rinse, all the colors of the rainbow of over the counter antihistamines (Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec, and Xyzal, Benaryl), I even went homeopathic and sniffed peppermint and whatever oils that were recommended, organic apple cider vinegar tea, different nasal sprays including Xlear and some homeopathic olive leaf nasal spray, breathing exercises to open up my eustacian tubes, Valsalva maneuver, Toynbee maneuver, hot towel compress, yawning, chewing gum, I can go on and on...
With my insurance I don't know f I can just pick out an ENT to visit for my issue. Though if I am able to I will try to make and appointment next week. So my question is, what could it possibly be that's making my ears feel that way and is there anything I can do to alleviate the discomfort so I wouldn't need to visit the doctors office?