I've experienced an unusual problem with my eardrum.  Every so often
it goes into fibrillation, vibrating rapidly for about 20-30 secs.
This happens about a dozen times a day.  Its not painful, just
disconcerting.  I had a brief phone conversation with my ent about

Was reading your website and slammed right into the acronym MCC but
could not figure out from the context what it stands for.
Can you explain what this means please?
Here's example of text referencing MCC...

Still digging for a definition of the abbreviation MCC. There is a
reference to 'MCC disorder'. I'm guessing it has to do with cilia, but
can't figure it out exactly.
Here's the context I have been reading about it in on Dr. Grossans

I was thinking about all the things that have happened to me in the past
few years when my sinusitis/samters/pain became unmanagable and wondered
if anyone else had these experiences? I was gainfully employed making 40G
a year and had to miss loads of work for repeated surgeries and ...

  After this humid summer I have a bad sinus infection.  Does humidity
it self cause swelling in sinuses? Or is it the molds.  Anything extreme
bothers my sinuses -too dry or too humid.

Hi, anyoen have any thoughts on why sleeping on your right side makes the left airway open.++I think it must be due to blood moving away from swollen inferior turbinate to other side.++It seems unlikely that there are pressure receptors on your "side" (ribcage skin).++Anyone ...

I've had chronic post nasal drip for about 4 years now, and thusfar
have been unable to put a dent in its persistence.  My most recent
attempt was nasal irrigation with a baking soda / salt mix, but it
didn't make a noticeable difference.

Hello Dr.  ...I'm about due for a new irrigation tip for my water-pik.
In about a month I'll be driving from British Columbia to San Diego.
..Rather than order over the internet, do you still have any specific
stores (on my route I-5) which handle your products?  ...Seems to me, at

I refilled my prescription of Rhinocort and used it for the first
time, neglecting to throw away the old bottle (which apparently has
run out of the active ingredient, budesonide.) Now I don't know which
bottle is which.

I got the results of my allergy tests, and i was told that i was allegic to old
wood and old paper. The doctor's nurse said that i am allergic to mold and
there is something in old papers and old wood that produce mold. I have some
very old furniture. Does this mean that i must get ...

Is this a common course for infection, going from drinking too much to
getting blocked nasal passages to blowing your nose to the point of
irritation, which then leads to infection, which feels like a mild
virus or something?

I read somewhere that a new antib. was approved and put on the market in July.
Sadly, I can't recall the name of it.  Anyone know?
TIA

I get these large "boogers" (sorry, I don't know the technical term here!)
just behind my nose (usually one at a time on only one side). They are too
far back to remove by blowing my nose, and they feel sort of "stuck"
between my nose and throat.  The only way to remove them is by ...

Hi all. I'm starting to get very worried. Very worried indeed. I've
been basically completely layed up for 6, maybe even 8 weeks now.
Being down two months in the summertime seems like an eternity.
Fortunately, I can work out of my home, but barely - just barely -

I had a nose plastic surgery a few years ago and since then I have had
chronic sinusitis. Every morning I get up with a yellow mucous in my
mouth mad I jump into the bathroom before everything. I have to blow
dry my hair everytime I take a shower.Otherwise I will have a good