Hello Over the last 3 years, I ve gone from sneezing a lot to pretty much having a permanent cold. I have now also started wheezing during excercise. Please help! I ve been to the doctors twice and was once given a steroid nasal spray and the next time allergy tablets. Neither have helped and I m now so fed up of having a cold all the time. I did take decongestants for a while but started to worry they could do more harm than good. Can you suggest what I should do next? I have had a blood test but not the results as yet.
Hi Edition, Thank you for your query. Your symptoms sound very frustrating. It sounds like you have developed chronic sinusitis, or chronic allergic rhinitis. This is a constant inflammation of your nasal passages. The initial sneezing may have been signs of hypersensitivity of the nasal passages, but things appear to have progressed so that the lining of your nasal passages are permanently inflamed interfering with Chat Doctor.  People that suffer with this condition often complain of feeling clogged up with fullness around the face and throbbing headaches, especially if they look down at their feet. Other likely causes are that you have developed nasal polyps. These are small nodules that develop in the nasal passages and again disrupt the normal 