you might also see an ENT, I don't have thal, my kids do, but I used to get lots of upper resp. infections, like bronchitis, and recently found out I had very narrow sinus passages. do you also have chronic sinusitis? I used to wake up totally congested every morning, but usually cleared up after a hot shower unless I had a sinus infection, which was 4-5 times a year. I had sinus surgery 3 yrs ago and have only had 2 sinus infections and no bronchitis since then. it was a very easy, fairly painless procedure, and I had lots of puss and infection stuck chronically up in my sinuses, my doctor said anatomically I needed that surgery. oh and I had a deviated septum.
good luck, hope you feel better soon!