chzuck, I don't know. It seems once my doctors retired that I went to for years, I am battling the same thing as you. I went through 5 Dermatologists and I finally found someone that is phenomenal and listens. I have been to 2 ENTs and am looking for a 3rd one since mine passed away. I am not one that switches doctors. I have been to the same group of doctors for over 30 years and since they retired, I have had to keep searching for the ones that listen and treat the patient. Praying you will find a good ENT. I know they are out there!

I can explain this, albeit 1 1/4 years later, is a PRETTY comprehensible fashion.

As adults, more so than kids, we can QUANTIFY our discomfort. PART of that issue is we cannot differentiate A from B. For me it was "MY knees hurt bad" followed by several forms of NSAIDs, Hydrocodone, steroid shots. BECAUSE this is a progression path doctors use as it is MOST successful. Where I ran into a wall is my GP said "Ya know, let's get an MRI". I had been in an accident as a teen. 40 years later that undiagnosed fracture in my right tibia was reacting to age and the atmosphere and the pain was simply transferring a few inches north to my knee. There is nothing to be done for a poorly healed bone 🙂 Point being I simplified my understanding based on what I "Felt" which led to a lengthy process of discovery.

So when you say A,B,C, then the doctors are going to follow a path of progression. If D and E are left out initially, the path will be for treatments to A,B,C and introducing D and E will be "distractions" and disregarded by most doctors. Not that they don't care or are less concerned about your health, but we ALL have hammer and nail tendencies in our daily lives and a profession that caters to specific issues more so than nay other. To a hammer, everything is a nail. I was diagnosed with a heartattack . No matter what course we took, even though ti was ineffective, my cardiologist never once deviated. It was an esophageal tear. Tropoin being released, as well as a cath showing 3 blockages (So small a stint would dwarf then as they were on feeder veins on the underside of the heart, so slightly larger than capilaries) . Not a BLOACKGE that would cause a heart issue. BUT 1+1+1= in that math. Blockage that can be found, troponin elevated, chest pain. It was not bad care or a poor diagnosis. it was simply rote, mechanical, diagnostics because that is the normal path of progression.

So that's more than likely your issue. 1+1+1=3 and not a dismissive stance based on your concerns.

Sorry for the lengthy post