For the last couple of days, I have been
suffering with sudden and fairly intense
ear pain. Every time I swallow, it hurts
like hell, both in my ear, and less
regularly at the back of my throat. My
(sadly) very cynical, bitter and
disinterested doctor palmed me off with
the "it's just a lot of earwax" excuse.
I've suffered from high amounts of earwax
for many years, but they never randomly
cause me this pain. He told me just to put
olive oil in the ears for a week in
preparation for syringing/irrigation, but
I'm unsure as to whether that's the
advisable/correct diagnosis.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated. People
really need me back at work ASAP.
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Galaxy
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Posted: 03-25-08 17:29pm
I would never allow a doctor to syringe my
ear and especially not when it is painful!
Syringing is pretty much never done these
days as it can damage the eardrum and if
you have an ongoing ear infection at the
moment, so much the worse.
I would try to see another doctor and ask
for an ear examination. If s/he says the
eardrum looks swollen or inflamed then you
have an ear infection and you need
antibiotics. It may just be catarrh in
the eustachian tubes, though, which can
sometimes be shifted with lots of steam
inhalation and a good decongestant.
Meantime, take lots of hot drinks as they
can help move catarrh too. Do not go back
to work till you have seen another doctor
for examination and do not be tempted to
put ANYTHING in your ear!
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mlr1969
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Joined: 03 Apr 2008 Posts: 7
My daughter gets something similar Posted: 04-13-08 08:03am
My daughter gets similar paiin and
actually can't hear very well when it
happens. I don't know if you have the
same thing. She is 7 years old and every
6 months to a year she has gone to the
doctor for this. They always tell her it
is excess wax and rinse her ears out (just
squirt some stuff in them). Each time
they would tell me to put over the counter
ear drops in her ears once a week to help
the wax drain out on it's own. I forget
to do this a lot, which is probably
terrible of me. However, I am going to be
more careful now because the last time we
were in they really hurt her one ear when
they squirted this water solution in
there. You may have excess wax but I
would get a second opinion before letting
any doctor put anything else in there. Do
you have any hearing loss when you get
this pain?
