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  Middle Ear Infections or Otitis Media are secondary infections or side effects of other infections like rhinitis ( common cold ) or chronic sinusitis ( inactive sinus infection). Clogged or Blocked Ears and ear pain indicate a middle ear infection . Fever and ear discharge could be other Symptoms of Middle Ear Infection . Why does chronic sinusitis cause ear pain or clogged ears? In acute sinusitis or active sinusitis, the excess fluid secreted in sinuses is flushed out through the nose. In contrast to acute sinusitis, mucus travels from the sinuses to the throat in chronic sinusitis. In chronic sinusitis or low-grade sinusitis, the infection has lived in the body for such a long time that the body and sinus infection find a balance to coexist peacefully. Our body uses around 200 ml of water which contains proteins, to clean our nose and sinuses and clear dust, bacteria, viruses, and fungi that enter when we breathe external air. With a runny nose, we lose water and...

  Sinus infections symptoms behavior Before we find the list of sinus infection (sinusitis) symptoms, we must understand that you will find two to four sinus infection symptoms in acute sinusitis . However, you will see only one or two sinus infection symptoms in chronic sinusitis. In chronic sinusitis, the infection is present for a long time, and there will be some balance between disease and body, decreasing the number of complaints. This balance comes in as the body adapts to the infection and learns how to control it. So, the complaints will come down in the transition between acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. In chronic cases, the patient might have only one complaint: phlegm is coming from the back of the nose to the throat and must clear their throat regularly or just nose block. When we talk to such patients, they will agree that they had multiple symptoms at one phase of the disease, indicating acute sinusitis. Gradually, the number of symptoms has settled down to ...

  During the mid and after the second wave of COVID-19, India has seen a sudden spike in mucormycosis cases. These days the number of new black fungus cases has come down, but discharged patients are returning with recurrence of mucormycosis due to partial treatments. Pre-Covid, the number of Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis (so-called white fungus) cases per annum were few. Sometimes in single digits. The percentage of doctors who had witnessed black fungus cases during their UG or PG (including ENT ) is significantly less. Few UG medical books do not even have mucormycosis mentioned in it. To efficiently treat black fungus cases, an ENT surgeon needs a good experience with the surgery and medications, which are very difficult to achieve due to the rarity of this disease. So, before COVID, there used to be a couple of ENT doctors who used to treat these cases. However, due to the rise in black fungus cases, many doctors started treating mucormycosis cases. It is Mucormycosis ...