Catarrh

Catarrh is blockages or discharge from the common cold, but also:

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• if blockage and discharge are both present, catarrh could be middle ear infection
• if the throat is sore or raw, catarrh could be tonsillitis.
• if forehead is tight and cheeks are tender and tight catarrh may be tonsillitis
• it may also take the form of adenoid infection. Swelling of adenoids can also cover the opening of eustachian tubes, resulting in barotrauma, if for example, riding an elevator, airplane, or jumping into a bath.

Many people have chronic blockage, so it is as if they always have a cold.

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Sometimes blockage clears outdoors, e.g. jumping into an outdoor pool may be preferable to an indoor pool, since it appears that barotrauma is often less of a problem outdoors than indoors.

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