Online visit
Sinus infection
Facial pressure and congestion that won't quit? A clinician checks whether it's viral or bacterial, and considers antibiotics only when they're likely to help.
Coming soon. Ongoing sinus, ear or voice problem? With your consent, your Passion Health clinician will be able to get an ENT specialist's written advice.
Online specialist input for ENT input is coming soon. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, usually the same day; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.
Not yet. When it launches, this will be an eConsult: your Passion Health clinician asks an ear, nose and throat specialist for written advice. You won't have a visit with the ear, nose and throat specialist, and they won't take over your care. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, usually the same day; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral. If you have hoarseness that has lasted more than 3 weeks, especially if you smoke or used to smoke, you need an in-person visit within a few days instead.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Anantha Chentha, MD, Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health · October 22, 2026
ENT, or otolaryngology, is the specialty for the ears, nose, sinuses, throat and voice box. People often want an ENT's view for sinus infections that keep returning, a stuffy nose that won't clear, ear fullness or ringing, or a throat that's often irritated. Through an eConsult, an ENT specialist advises your Passion Health clinician without seeing you.
Not near one of our clinics? Online Care is open to adults anywhere in Texas; our clinics are in Dallas–Fort Worth. If the safety questions or your clinician show you need to be examined, we tell you what kind of care you need and how soon — an emergency room, an urgent care center, or a clinician near you. If you've already paid, the full fee is refunded and you get a written summary of your visit to take with you.
Also call 911 for chest pain, trouble breathing, stroke signs, a sudden severe headache, fainting, a seizure, severe bleeding, new confusion, throat swelling, an overdose or thoughts of harming someone else — and call or text 988 for thoughts of harming yourself. If screening routes you before you pay, nothing is charged. If a clinician routes you after you've paid, the full fee is refunded.
A Passion Health clinician evaluates you — online or by video — and stays responsible for your care. With your written consent, they send your history, results and your question to a specialist, who replies with written advice, usually within a few days. The specialist advises your clinician; they don't see you or take over your care. If they think you need to be seen in person, your clinician arranges a referral. How it will be billed is shown here before it opens.
Upload labs, imaging and letters.
Online or by video — they're responsible for your care.
Your clinician asks a specialist for written advice. The specialist does not see you.
Your clinician walks you through the advice and next steps.
Shown so you know what to expect. The reviewing clinician decides what, if anything, is appropriate for you — a prescription is never guaranteed, and controlled medicines are never prescribed online.
Specialist input isn't bookable yet. How it will be billed, including with insurance, is shown here before it opens. Until then, you can be seen in person at a Passion Health clinic in Dallas–Fort Worth, billed like any clinic visit, or, elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.
Labs and imaging, if needed, are billed separately, and medication is paid at your pharmacy. Passion Health doesn't sell, ship or mark up medication.
A 48-hour check-in, 30 days of secure messaging, and lab follow-up when labs were ordered.
Your clinician messages you when the ENT specialist's advice comes back and explains the plan, including any referral.
Specialist input isn't bookable yet. Its price, and whether the specialist's written advice is included, will be shown here before it opens. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, billed like any clinic visit; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.
No. A Passion Health clinician evaluates you and stays responsible for your care. With your consent, they send your history, results and question to a specialist, who replies with written advice — usually within a few days. If the specialist thinks you need to be seen in person, your clinician arranges a referral.
No. You're paying for a licensed clinician's evaluation and plan. Many visits end with a prescription; some end with a different plan, a test, or a referral. Controlled medicines — stimulants, benzodiazepines, opioids, testosterone, sleep aids like zolpidem — are never prescribed at an online visit.
No. The ENT specialist doesn't see or examine you; they advise your Passion Health clinician in writing, based on your history, symptoms and any reports. If they think an exam is needed — for example, a scope of your nose or throat — your clinician will refer you for an in-person ENT visit. With insurance, your plan may apply a copay or deductible.
Questions where your history and existing tests tell most of the story: sinus infections that keep coming back, ongoing nasal blockage, ear fullness after a cold, or what a CT scan or hearing test report means. A new lump, hoarseness lasting more than 3 weeks, and sudden hearing loss need an in-person exam instead.
Your Passion Health clinician forms the patient relationship and stays responsible for your care (Tex. Occ. Code §111.005, §111.007). The specialist gives written advice to that clinician with your documented consent and does not see you.
Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health · Texas-licensed internal medicine physician
Reviewed for medical accuracy by Dr. Anantha Chentha, MD, Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health, on October 22, 2026. Pages are reviewed again when clinical guidance or our visit rules change, and the date shown here is updated each time.
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