I eat and nose runs and ears itch
 

Started about a year or two ago. Doesn’t matter what I eat, nose runs like crazy and ear holes itch. I can’t go to a restaurant without a pocket full of napkins and Qtips and wife isn’t happy with me honking away or digging in my ears at the table in a restaurant.

I should probably ask my doctor but he’s an idiot

Anyone have this “condition”?

no, but blocked saliva ducts?

Well that’s very interesting because I have had a history of salivary gland stones….been about 15 years since I had one though and usually the symptoms of that are immediate swelling in face and blocked ducts under tongue until it comes out

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As to the nose and earhole problem, you're suffering from seasonal allergies that have now started affecting people who have never had allergies before because there is more pollen in the environment than ever before, so people who didn't have seasonal allergies are now suffering from them. The nose problem is that your seasonal allergies are causing you post-nasal drip that makes your nose leak and sniffle all the time. Same thing with the earholes, except its the pollen that's affecting them and they're excreting a fluid to protect them. You probably need to get onto some OTC antihistamines like Claritin to get ahead of your newfound pollen sensitivity. It takes 30 days or so for the medicine to work, and you may need a prescription for something stronger, but that's what you have going on.

Lawprose huh?

I dont have allergies. My nose runs when I eat, 365 days a year. Only when I eat

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Ok thanks but I doubt that

And I cry when I poop. Not like sobs, but tears. I've done it for years now, and that's with a very healthy diet and nothing dramatic on the Bristol Scale.

Just some strange reflex for me I figure. Humans are strange, it's amazing that we even work in the first place, and sometimes wires get crossed.

And allergies - we've fully entered northern New Mexico speedball season. Benadryl/Sudafed to keep the edge off but still stay conscious. Then there's the wildfire smoke...

That is REALLY strange. I would have thought some sort of allergy, but then you said it doesn't matter what you eat. What about drinking? Do you get the same reaction out of drinking?

BTW, I completely understand what you're saying.

Gustatory rhinitis. Sensory triggering of the trigeminal nerve is stimulated. ( In your jaw and runs up the mandible) , which causes the nose to run and ears to itch.

The trigeminal nerve is the part of the nervous system responsible for sending pain, touch and temperature sensations from your face to your brain. It's a large, three-part nerve in your head that provides sensation. One section called the mandibular nerve involves motor function to help you chew and swallow.

Any invasive dental work or issues in the past year or two? Root canals, absess, infections, untreated teeth, cavitations, facial injuries? Infections can attack the nerve sheath or trunk. Even viral infections can play games with nerves. Any strange neuropathy or neuralgia in the lower jaw (nerve compression)?

I don't give professional advice lightly. I've followed your career as you've discussed in on the Board. If I tell you something it's because you will benefit from it. And I take pleasure only in seeing someone benefiting from my experience.

Yea in the past 5 years I’ve had 5 crowns and numerous cavities…so lots of injections.

Have diabetes as well…not sure if that’s relevant

Can’t think of anything else

Huh? This is a car forum and I am typing on an iPad. I don’t care about my writing here because writing on this forum is not my career. If you have a personal problem with me, then just spit it out

And I don’t know what your following, but other than to say generally what I do, I have not discussed my career much at all here in 15 years with anyone except Dottore

Nope.. just food. And I do eat a lot of spicy food but doesn’t matter. Any food does it.

Ah, based on Jeff's post, it sounds like the act of chewing may be a big part of the trigger which is why it's any food and only food.

Yea makes sense because I could make a milkshake with bananas or whatever “food” in it and no runny nose

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Dottore's old firm handles my family's international legal business, but that's neither here nor there.

I don't have a problem with you. I actually quite like you. I'm about 20 years or so older than you, and considering the comments you've made about your career progression, I thought I might offer you some useful advice that would pay dividends over the rest of your career. But since you're not interested, pay me no mind and keep doing what you're doing. I will not bother you again.

Speaking casually with shortcuts seems normal on a forum like this. I get the feeling rf can spiff up the lingo when needed.

Your not bothering me. I just found the sales pitch unusual since you don’t know me (I thought?) and this is a thread about a runny nose

Thanks for the pro tip. Fortunately, my current career position does not require much writing except for emails to clients

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Diabetic nerve issues tend to go towards extremeties by nature. Dont believe this is related.

Multiple anesthesia injections can scar the nerve. On the lower jaw injection site tends to be at the buccal (lower rear corner of the mouth) to hit the entire string. Usual symptoms manifest as sensations, shocks or zaps, neuropathy or neuralgia, and diminish or become less sensitive over time. Local anesthesia allergy would tend to peak at the time of the dental work and fade as the medication wears off and is eliminated from the body.

Anesthesia can cause or create some bizarre conditions but I would tend to go with the most obvious which is Gustatory rhinitis. Its far more common than people think.

The biomechanical action of chewing, breaking down food and releasing those tasteful chemicals all at once is a sensory storm. Who has not had a nose itch, bead of sweat on a forehead, face got flush or felt the heat when they eat spicy foods? I honestly can't think of anyone. Some may just feel the experience more than others.

Another idea is the Eustachian tubes in your throat do lead up to your middle ear. Eating action/spices/hot food may have some affect on the ears but not sure how that would tie to the sinus flow.

If you are concerned asking the dentist may be a better option and could provide better insight since they are more familiar with the trigeminal nerve than say a general practioner would be.

Eat away and enjoy your meal.

I am not a doctor but having a front row seat to everything under the sun dental in five decades totalling the cost of a used Provost is some good experience. Dentists don't provide anesthesia so you dont feel the procedure, they juice you to shut you up and let them work.

Thanks for the excellent information. !!

You need to find a new doc.
Especially if you will trust a bunch of guys on line over your own doctor.
Most are not idiots- but just like auto mechanics a few are.
gary

Not sure who Jeff Hail is but damn. Dude called this one.

Good luck.

I know. Had him 30 years. I think I keep him because my elderly parents go there and it makes it easier for me to speak to him about them.

Have you ever googled your condition?

I did and this came up.

The medical term for a runny nose is rhinorrhea. A person's nose might run after eating because they have food allergies, which is called allergic rhinitis. If a person's nose runs without their having a food allergy, this is called gustatory rhinitis, which is a type of non-allergic rhinitis.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321678

also sound advice

I sneeze quite a bit after I eat, always have.

I know my problem is completely different but.....whenever I eat anything toasted esp bread, I cough and hack.
I found out that when taking a bite..I was inhaling tiny toasted particles into my windpipe.
If I'm careful to not inhale air while taking a bite...it never happens.

I cry during sex but my doctor said that it's probably just the pepper spray.

I also sometimes cry when I think about how much time I've spent on this forum.

So do I. Lucky, I was paid while doing so for most of it

That may be the funniest thing I've ever seen you write. Well done, Speeder. :D

Thanks, Guy, but I can't take credit for originality on that one. It's a version of an old joke. :)

Rodney had a few jokes he told about crying during sex....I wish I could remember them.

I sneeze just before sex. 3 Times. Never fails. My wife just looks at me and counts as i sneeze. Then she'll say, ready? We get a good laugh out of it.
Good thing I'm no longer dating.

“Do you smoke after sex?”

“I dunno, I never checked.”

I’ll be here all week.

Second joke here:

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