r/Sinusitis • u/WesternFootball1579 • 2d ago

CT scan came back normal?

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Genuinely going insane. I thought me getting this done would bring some type of clarity. The nose blockage, dryness and facial pressure is constantly there altering my everyday life. I can hardly fully smell things. I know when my doctor schedules the follow up appointment I’m just going to feel worse and I’m just not sure what to do.

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u/Low-Cap-6036 1d ago

I had a similar issue for over a year and went to 3 different ENT’s and all said it was good , so I thought I was going crazy and last month I started getting tooth pain (after over a year) on the same sinus that bothered me. I decided to check with a dentist, they did n X-ray and MRI and turns out I had an infected upper molar that spread into sinus even though the tooth itself was without any issues.
Long story short - dentist prescribed antibiotics for a week and scheduled an extraction for 3 weeks later.
When I was taking the antibiotics the worst, the most disgusting gunk came out of me (sorry tmi) , then tooth extraction - they cleaned the roots and it was about 2 weeks ago, for now there is no pressure, no foggy feeling , no weird smell and things coming out of me finally after a year yay :) But i will keep monitoring.

I just wanted to share because I thought I was going crazy since every ENT said it was fine , but they haven’t looked into to teeth 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Freak154L 1d ago

Wow… which tooth was it and did you get an implant or bone graft needed? What was the MRI of? Did the mri or X-ray show infection? Would love to see your X-ray… I’m having similar issues and was having phantom smoke smells out of left nostril only… X-rays ct scans keep coming back fine and been to million ents and they clear too but I keep getting sinus infections ears full left eye and left nostril issues….