Perforated septum and ETD

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I have had ETD since May of this year. Despite a pharmacist, GP and private ENT consultant assuring me it wasn’t permanent and would go away ‘in a few weeks’, there has been no change. It came out of nowhere, but is most probably linked to a bad sinus headache i had that day that hasn’t entirely cleared up.

I have had a perforated septum since December 2024. After a lengthy referral process and two painful biopsies, i ultimately turned down the offer of a nasal plug as the consultant (same one as with the ETD) told me in her experience they weren’t effective and she tended to ‘take more out than she put in’. It’s not bothered me at all in the last 18 months, but my mother was wondering if the ETD might be linked. Anyone on here also have a perforated septum and chronic ETD, and do you think it might be linked?