Deviated Septum — Would Having Surgery for it Cure Tinnitus?

[bob bauer]

ENT said I had a deviated septum, would surgery cure it? The tinnitus I mean?

 

[Rohov Dmytro]

@bob bauer have you done an operation? What about your T?

 

[JohnAdams]

ENT said I had a deviated septum, would surgery cure it? The tinnitus I mean?

Probably not. The problem is more than likely in your cochlea.

That being said, I got rhinitis surgery before my hearing loss treatments.

 

[linearb]

That being said, I got rhinitis surgery before my hearing loss treatments.

was this a "go in, widen a nostril, fix a deviated septum" type deal? Can I ask how it went, what the recovery was like, and what effect it's had?

Basically I broke my nose when I was about 18, have a wider nostril on one side than the other as a result, and I tend to get stuffed up very easily and usually can only breathe through one nostril when I first wake up in the morning. This is all slightly obnoxious but so far I haven't pursued a scalpel.

 

[JohnAdams]

Can I ask how it went, what the recovery was like, and what effect it's had?

It was arguably the most intense experience of my entire life. Having lidocaine injected way up into your nose multiple times is NOT fun. After the surgery there was no pain. I had lots of huge bloody boogers for about a month and that was actually really fun.