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Why do I feel worse the more open my nose is?
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: May 9 11:18pm | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
This is a very interesting concept. What kinds of symptoms would one expect to have when the trigeminal nerves can't relax? And what can be done to alleviate this?
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@jbuch0521 -
Types of feeling would be like you are clenching your jaw muscles all day causing temporalis tightness. Like non stop tension headache with nothing that relieves it. Neck and chest muscle tightness as well is also possible from lack of relaxing the nasal inhalation relaxing the muscles.
Some ENTs if smart (which is rare) would offer Amitriptyline to see if it helps.
The constant heavy head eye pressure is possibly from the lack of relaxation signaling to all those muscles. The saying “take a deep breath” “relax and breathe” is real. I truly gets the muscles from the neck up to relax and all over as well. But when your face feels in constant tension from too much air flow in nose to throat this can happen.
Not saying this is your situation but this has happened to those who have had nasal/sinus surgery.
Using Afrin would only open you up more. A wide open nose can give a paradoxical sensation of congestion, leaving people to reach for decongestant spray when the nose does not need it.