Talk:Rhinitis

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Is this rhinitis? My questions refer to the part of this article that says rhinitis can affect the ears. I have what feels like congestion in my ears, and when my doctor looked in my ears, she said that I have allergies, and she saw "bubbles" in my ears. I have no other allergy or rhinitis symptoms. She recommended I find a natural allergy remedy to relieve the ear congestion. I tried pseudoephedrine, as well as herbal and homeopathic allergy remedies. None of the allergy treatments have helped, and my "plugged" sensations in my ears have continued unchanged from April through the present (late July). As I try to figure out how to help myself, and understand what's going on, I looked at the Wikipedia articles for Rhinitis, Ear Wax, Ear Canal, Nasal Cavity, and Sinuses. Maybe some discussion can help me understand this better.

I am further confused, because when I looked at the discussion of ear wax on Wikipedia (under the discussion of ear candles, connected to a comment claiming that ear candles don't work), someone stated that the ears have no connection to the sinuses. Is it true that the nasal cavity has no connection to the ears? How are the ears connected to the nose? If there is no connection, how come seasonal allegies can create, as their only symptom, congested ears? How come when my noes is plugged, and I swallow, my ears get plugged? How does one take care of congestion in their ears? Thank you for any ideas, suggestions or clarification.