the scapha(outer ear on top, look it up if
you dont know to get a better view)
anyway..... recently ive had a sinus
infection and it went away but not fully,
and i got a chronic cough for about a
month..
not sure if its related at all but i went
to the doctor, got a z pack antibiotic for
the cough but a lump formed on the scapha
of my ear on one side which is decently
big like a bit smaller than a dime and
feels like cartlidge, not fluid.
the other side has a small bump in the
same spot but not as big, and it might be
getting larger.. i have googled it many
times but can't find an answer... anyone?
please help it is making me quite
anxious.
eddie
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kellyaw1019
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Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Extreme Intermittent Pain Throughout Scapha Posted: 01-09-08 21:48pm
I remember 10 years back, the first time I
experienced extreme pain throughout my
scapha (outer "cuff") of only my left ear.
I have gone for weeks, even months
without any pain whatsoever, but then I
feel, out of the blue, a slight twinge of
pain. I know immediately that this pain
is going to grow and worsen over the next
few hours, until it reaches an acute,
severely painful state of pain which
cannot, under any circumstances, be
diminished. I cannot hold a phone
receiver on or near the scapha, cannot
push or pull or twist it (thinking there
may be a nerve being pinched and trying to
"crack" the pinching back to normal". I
have had MRI, panoramic x-rays to rule out
severe TMJ, have had an ENT MD put drops
in my right nostril for reasons I don't
even know. I may go to sleep on my
opposite side, and when I awake, the pain
is gone. This happened Christmas Eve of
07, and I felt no pain on the 25th, but I
felt the twinge again the morning of
Christmas, and it started its cyle again.
I cannot even bend over for the painful
pressure that occurs.
It is only tonite I learned the name of
that part of the ear (scapha), and have
been googling like mad to try to find out
WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT HURTS SOOOOOOOO BAD.
All of the MD's I have seen seem to be
scratching their heads as I have regularly
doing of late.
If someone can shed ANY light on this,
PLEASE give me a clue. Thanks.
