Help!!!!!!!!!!!! Ears Been Plugged For Weeks!! Ent????? Posted: 01-10-06 01:41am
I been having this problem with my ears
being plugged up for 3 weeks and it sucks
because it screws with me so I cant work
out!
I went to my doctor and he seen an ear
infection in my r-ear so he flushed out my
ear with peroxide and warm water. He
gave me some antibiotics and the swelling
is gone but my ears are still plugged.
He told me its my eustachian tube and to
come back in 3 weeks and follow up
i did a little workout after 3 weeks this
morning and it started messing with me as
I was feeing off balance. It went away
after a few minutes and I was able to
finish.
So today I went to see an ent. I dont
know about this guy. I told him my ears
are plugged and I feel off balance at
times. He checked both them out and said
" I dont see any wax, your ears are clean"
then jumps to the conclusion that I have
pet = patulous eustachian tube. He broke
out this peace of paper explaining it and
showed me a diagram of the et. Says to
go back tuesday and do a hearing test and
we'll talk more. He said what caused it
is because I have low body fat. Im like
hell!!!!!!!!!!! Im at about 6% for past
10 years. He put the blame on that. So
I have an appt. To go back tuesday to do
some hearing test. I only seen this ent
for 10 minutes....It's like he was in a
hurry to get me out of there. He told me
that the antibiotic my other doc gave me
wont work, but it took away the swelling
from the ear infection, and this ent didnt
even see any swelling so it did work.
Now I dont trust this ent. He told me to
lay off the workouts and eat more and put
on body fat and it will go away. This
ent did'nt even try to evaluate me like
ask what kinda of symptoms I had or do any
test for pressure etc... I was in and
out in 10 minutes
i did a search on this pet, and I dont
have any of the conditions that it says
talking about echo, hear myself speak,
ringing noises, roaring noises,loss of
hearing ( but he wants me to do a hearing
test?) and all that other symptoms. The
only thing I have is plugged up ears and I
had an ear infection which doesnt appear
to be there anymore after the antibiotics.
Im passing on the dr and seeing a
different ent on tuesday to see what he
says.
It's not vertigo. My ears are just
plugged up. There is no other symptoms
of pet. I have been burping alot the
past few days, and just at the point
before I burp, my ears plug up from
pressure then I burp and the pressure
releases then builds up again. I try the
squeeze nose deal, and blow gently and
both my ears clear up but within a few
seconds, they go back to plugged up.
They were aching at one time until I took
the ab's. They itch one in a while
so I dunno what to do. I'll check with
the other ent tuesday and hopefully he'll
actually care and take some time with me
:(
this is my first actual health problem. I
have never had an ear infection or any
other problems with my ears at all. I did
have a slight cold a few weeks ago but
it's gone and my ears are still plugged.
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standardedition
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 6
Sinus Blockage? Posted: 01-15-06 00:51am
I recently became allergic to something
and for the first time since I was a young
child i've had an ear infection.
Actually, I had three ear infections this
year. They never hurt, they just felt
plugged. Anyhow, my problem ended up
being related to allergies and my sinus
becoming inflamed. My inner ear could
not drain and pressure built up causing
the middle ear to fill with puss and all
the other good stuff. Anyhow, the
stagnent fluid caused a bad infection in
which I had to take several antibiotics.
The antibiotics didn't release the built
up fluid, but cleared the infection. It
took a good few weeks for it to finally
drain. Then, a few weeks later the other
one became filled up. I was finally told
that I may be allergic to something in the
air and was told to take claritin and
decongestants. This seems to have helped
but a new problem is that now I am
constantly taking medications, which I
hate. Also, do you getting strange
vibrations in your ear? Just wondering
because I do. Anyhow, I hope this helped
somewhat.
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standardedition
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 6
Posted: 01-15-06 01:00am
I forgot to say that I am (very obviously)
underweight, but out of the many doctors
i've seen, none of them said anything
about low body fat. That is about the
strangest things i've ever heard of.
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mvp
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 6
Posted: 01-15-06 03:55am
Hey
no ringing or noises in my ear. Just
plugged up and I noticed that when ever I
try and pop them by pinching my noise,
they get even more plugged up, so im
trying to figure this out.
I went to a 2nd ent and he did a small
check on me and was much better than the
first lame ent. He told me that after an
infection, there is still some swelling
present not seen after the infection is
gone. He said nothing about low body fat
like the other dr did. He told me I just
had a plugged et, and he gave me some
steroids for 6 days and it aint helping
yet. Im going on day 5.
Im going in for a hearing test in 2 weeks,
but my hearing is fine. He said I have
nothing serious
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