I've been suffering from constant dull pain/pressure around my nose/forehead/sinus for about 9 months. It's accompanied by a runny nose, congestion, and post-nasal drip (maybe an allergy?). I'm pretty sure the runny nose, congestion, and nasal drip were present long before the pain, however.
Since this began I have seen two ENTs. Neither thinks I have a sinus problem (both ordered CTs of my sinuses that came back normal). I've also been on a series of antibiotics prescribed by my primary care doctor and these have not helped at all, except for one occasion when I really did have a sinus infection. However when that cleared up the facial pain/pressure remained.
One of the ENTs says I have a slightly deviated septum. He also observed that my turbanates were inflamed and prescribed Nasonex. When I returned for my follow up appt a month later, the pain/pressure had not improved at all, but the ENT declared me "all better" because my turbanetes were no longer inflamed. Could the pain still be related to a sinus/nasal/allergy problem that the ENT is missing?
I have also been to see a neurologist. She ordered a CT of my brain, which came back normal. She thinks it might be attributed to muscle tension, and prescribed me amitryptoline (no improvement after several months) then later inderol (also no improvement after several months). Is it really possible that this is muscle tension? I've never heard of *constant* muscle pain like this.
Around the same time that this started my basement flooded and later we found some mold growing there after the cleanup. We removed the affected areas, but I'm not 100% positive the basement is mold-free. Could this have something to do with mold?
Lastly, I am a frequent traveler and in the months prior to onset of symptoms I visited the Caribbean, Chile, Malta, and Iceland. It seems unlikely, but is it possible I picked up some kind of weird parasite or other problem in my travels?