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Something about this syndrome reminds me of tinnitus. Tinnitus often occurs due to destruction of the cilia in the ear canal, causing the brain to overcompensat
by elmalaak 10y ago
Something about this syndrome reminds me of tinnitus. Tinnitus often occurs due to destruction of the cilia in the ear canal, causing the brain to overcompensate by constantly sensing the frequencies the destroyed cilia would have responded to. (At least, this is one commonly hypothesized theory.) While this may be a bit of reasoning by analogy, I wouldn't be surprised if something similar were at work (particularly to the extent that nerves or other sensitive apparatuses are involved).
- LanceH 10y agoI just had this done in February. My turbinates have always prevented me from breathing through my nose. When I was 19 (20+ years ago) I broke my nose. Which is to say that I haven't breathed through it for pretty much my entire life. A week after the surgery when the splints came out it felt like a draft through the center of my head. Maybe people who have always been able to breathe through their nose are accustomed to this, but for me it was entirely foreign. On top of this, the inside of my head felt cold; headache inducing cold. I can imagine this could get interpreted a variety of ways, especially for people who have never had those senses developed at all.