Symptoms

Symptoms

physical symptoms
Nose feels too empty/hollow/absent.
Diminished nasal airflow sensation feedback ('paradoxical obstruction').
Extreme sensation of dryness of the nasal cavities, with or without crusting.
Not enough moisture/mucus production.
Dryness of the pharynx, soft palate and back of the tongue ("dry pharyngitis" and "dry laryngitis"[5]).
Feeling of needing more nasal resistance (or nasal membrane responsiveness) to breathe.
Increased pulmonary sensitivity to air-borne irritants, strong scents and cold air. Causes much uneasiness in breathing and sometimes even long-periods (can last hours) of severe shortness of breath, depending on the degree of exposure.
Diminished sense of smell and/or taste. Can be confusing - because although there is diminished sense of smell there is also hyper-responsiveness to light and volatile airborne chemicals, fumes and irritants.
Difficulty projecting or resonating speech. The voice seems weak and requires some straining to sound loud and articulate well, which causes uneasiness in speech.
Feeling weak and depleted of energy.
Very poor quality of sleep. Not necessarily full sleep apnea, but shallow and dry breathing, which often switches entirely to mouth breathing only, waking up a lot very dry, with headaches, severe dizziness and very little REM sleep.
Relatively dry skin and eyes.

cognitive symptoms
Difficulty concentrating ('aprosexia nasalis').
Difficulty performing mental tasks.

emotional symptoms
Marked reduction in sense of self and very crippled sense of well-being.
Irritated and/or depressed mood. Often clinical depression.
Anxieties.
Avoidance of social interactions.

other characteristic physical symptoms that many ENS patients develop
irritating sensation of thick stagnant mucus stuck at the back of the throat. Because of the dryness of the mucosa the mucus propelled to the throat (on the way to the stomach - the nasal mucociliary clearance that occurs in all humans) simply becomes too dry and sticks to the sides of the throat instead of sliding smoothly unfelt.
Chronic sinusitis.
Worsening of pre surgical nasal symptoms, such as allergic rhinitis, etc'.
Epistaxis.
Hardly any mucus production, or the opposite – episodes of excessive rhinoreah.
Foul smell from nasal cavities.
Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).
Elevated levels of blood pressure.
Hormonal and metabolic imbalances.
Significant weight gain.




Information from:www.emptynosesyndrome.org