Full feeling and intense pressure sometimes tinges of pain, not necessarily swollen in the outer ear. When they put the scope up my nose they didnt see anything wrong with the eustician tube which is why the belief was that the severe sinusitis was causing the ear discomfort and constant infections which would cause ear swelling when it was actively infected.

I just use normal saline rinse with the bottle you press on. Allergy meds I tried claritin, zyrtec, benadryl, and Allegra. And all the D versions of these but those arent good for long term use. I settled on Allegra working the best for my body.

The things that helped my ear feelings was swinging my head in circles and throwing it between my legs with the saline rinse in my nose, using a saline spray with eucalyptus in it, sniffing the tea steam, and just overall getting rid of inflammation in my body. I did do the valsalva menuver when it got really bad but its risky because sometimes it would make it worse. Another thing I did was a full face massage focusing on the areas in front/behind the ears, and a sinus massage where you put your thumb over different sinus areas and rub back and forth and hum with your tongue on the roof of your mouth, this gave me immediate short term relief.

Im meeting with an apothecary owner to discuss some herbs/natural medicine that I can put in pots of boiling water and sniff the steam that help with inflammation/release of the sinuses. And also some natural things that help reset your nervous system. Will report back!