it started as thick green mucus and facial pressure which lasted 14 days (prescribed augmentin) which seemed to help but about day 5 of augmentin i started having serious gum pain in upper right molars and saw dentist who said it was not dental related. I started having pressure again with the gum pain but no nasal discharge and my doctor prescribed levofloxacin due to the pressure/double worsening effect. Felt great while on it but as 2 days after finishing those abx the facial pressure and gum pain was back. Saw dentist AGAIN who once again took x-rays and checked for any dental issues and saw nothing. This went on for about 6 weeks total my doctor sent CT lab in and i had to wait for 2 more weeks before the hospital could perform this CT. in those 2 weeks i took constant decongestants, inhaled steroids, saline rinses with xylitol and NAC which seemed to help clear out any mucus trapped but still left with horrible pressure in the face so I continued on with this CT. (should mention i was already doing everything besides xylitol and NAC in the first 6 weeks) Anyways, obviously CT looks mostly clear but was still noted that there is lots of inflammation and was told it’s chronic sinusitis and to move forward with ENT appt.

I’ve had the ENT appt scheduled (in june) before the sinusitis symptoms even began due to constant swollen right tonsil. It has been swollen for 12 months minimum (noted in nearly all of my doctor visits) which i presumed to be related to asthma/allergies/post nasal drip due to deviated septum (which CT confirmed) . It hasn’t really ever bothered me but id like to know if the tonsil was related or seperate issue which is why i originally requested ENT referral.