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I just recently had my first allergy test appointment, and the doctor told me be believed I had chronic sinusitis... then I read about sleeping positions at http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-8455.html and it made me wonder if there's a lot more people with MS that have nasal congestion every morning? (Every morning I have to spit out a little phlegm that seems lodged in my throat... this is from as far as I can recall.. at least 9+ years daily)

Hi: It was what I thought was chronic and hugely painful sinus headaches
that caused me to make the initial call to Dr. Dake after I had dismissed the entire thing back in May of this year. When I called, Dr. Dake actually answered his own phone, wow! We spoke awhile, and he recommeded I go see an ENT to have a sinus scan done. So I went to SCRIPPS for the sinus scan and that same day, SCRIPPS handed me a disk which we UPS'd to Stanford immediately. A couple of days later Dr. Dake called to say my sinuses were fine and the headaces were caused by something else.
But to get back to your question, I had sinus headaches that were never quite gone. They came in waves and felt more like migraines, but always started below the eye or eyes, went into the ear and throat, and my throat was always red and infected looking. I had sores in my nose.
So, yes, I had them. After I had the stents placed back in June they stopped. Every once in a while I'll get a hint of them but now they are barely there and appear when I get a cold, I think. So good luck. Daisyduck

I have a long history of sinus troubles.

Interestingly, my dad, who has the same "vasomotor rhinitis"* I seem to have, loathes wearing button up shirts, because the tight collar constricting his neck makes his sinuses clog up terribly somehow. And Dr Dake asks many of us about history of allergies - which I have.

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Zap--I, too, have a long history of sinusitis.

I have always thought it was somehow connected to the pneumonia I had at age 6, since it began about that time. But now I think this description of "Vasomotor rhinitis" is more fitting. As a matter of fact, I wore turtleneck tops, almost exclusively for decades, three seasons of the year (fall, winter, spring) until a couple years before my MS diagnosis, when they started to feel too constrictive and made me feel almost "carsick."

Vasomotor rhinitis sounds interesting, though I'm not entirely sure yet if that's what I have... I don't normally get a runny nose when the temperature changes (that I've noticed...)

I do however hate wearing turtle necks and have avoided them all my life... heh