Just wanted to chronicle them here as the last couple days I've been congested to the point where I have no other alternative but to mouth breathe and it makes sleeping at night a huge pain in the ass. I think this has been happening all my life but I'm all the more aware of it now that I realize how harmful mouth breathing can be. Strangely, only the right nostril seems to be stuffed.
Anyone else have these issues frequently and did you discover a root cause? I don't know if it's allergies or what.
Uh yeah. Got a consult for rhino and discovered I had a hella deviated septum. I also have a really bad dust allergy as well as a bunch of other allergies but they are not so bad since I went on the paleo diet 3 years ago (before it was trendy lol!).
My dust allergy is still epic, though. For that I use either an anti-histamine or anti-inflammatory steroid spray. I don't need a prescription for either because here they hand out meds like candy (True story - a friend of mine was very sick, I called an ambulance, they gave her antibiotics. After a week of illness hell she went back to the UK and it turned out she had MERS)
For non-allergy nasal congestion, well, OTRIVINE is a drug from the gods. Shame it's addictive though
I have yet to have a cold since getting my septoplasty. Before that, any hint of cold meant a totally blocked nose for a minimum of 4 days. Misery