I have had a terrible, unbearable pain in
just my right ear for well over the last 6
mos. I had made several trips to my dr.
(Internal Medicine). I have suffered
chronic sinus infections and some sort of
food allergy. We have pretty much
determined I have an allergy to either
chocolate or caffeine. I stay away from
both. I am always getting anti-biotics for
sinus infections. I have had about every
nose spray, anti-biotic, allergy
medication, decongestant that is available
by prescription and over the counter. My
ear always seems to look ok when I go to
the dr. My dr. sent me to an allergist
over my ear pain since he could not give
me anything for relief. The allergist
gave me an oil drop for itchy
ears...thought maybe it was due to
allergiesand told me to contact her in a
few weeks and let her know how it worked,
and if it didn't help, maybe we could do a
c-scan on my sinuses. I got no relief from
the oil and the pain was not letting up.
I called my dr. after a week and a half of
the oil and asked if I could please be
referred to an Ear, Nose, and Throat dr.
I got in to see the ENT dr. He cleaned
out my ear, said I had a sinus infection
and checked my hearing in that ear since
it seemed to be diminishing to me. My
sinus infection went away, my hearing was
fine, but the ear pain remained. He
ordered a c-scan. My c-scan came back ok
other than I have a slightly deviated
septum on the right side, but no cause for
concern. Ok...I am still having the ear
pain. I just got off a Z-pac for a sinus
infection. When I do have a sinus
infection or drainage, it is always just
on the right side. My right gland in my
neck swells and throbs, my throat on the
right hurts, but my head and face and both
sides of the back of my neck will hurt.
My main concern is the ear pain though. I
am taking a trip in June and it is a 10
hr. flight. I am afraid of taking a
flight with my ear this way. I know the
dr's. said they couldn't find anything
wrong, but I just am miserable and don't
know where else to turn.
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critical care RN
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 92
Posted: 02-24-07 14:31pm
Welcome to E Health Forums. I'm sorry to
hear about your pain. I'm not sure I can
suggest anything other than getting a
second opinion from another ENT physician.
Do warm compresses over the ear help at
all?
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josiensun
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Indiana
Posted: 02-25-07 15:11pm
critical care RN
wrote:
Welcome to E Health Forums.
I'm sorry to hear about your pain. I'm not
sure I can suggest anything other than
getting a second opinion from another ENT
physician. Do warm compresses over the ear
help at all?
I have not tried the warm compresses,
however I will. My ear feels like it is
on fire today and it is throbbing...so I
will try that. Thank you.
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CarolZ
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1
Severe Ear Pain - Right Ear Posted: 04-23-07 09:14am
I have this severe ear pain also in my
right ear. But I've just recently had a
loss of hearing along with it, and very
muffled in my head..I wish I knew what it
was. I went to an Octologist (ENT) and
when I told him about the pain, he said
"don't know." I could not believe it.
This is the answer he had for me. When I
told him that I could not hear, and it was
all muffled, he had the gall to say to me
"not according to these test results I am
holding." Can you imagine that! I had
taken the hearing tests and he said my
hearing loss was mild. In otherwords, as
though I were lying to him about what I
was experiencing now. I told him "I don't
care what these results show, I'm telling
you what is going on with me right now."
Anyway, this went back and forth for a
bit, I ended up walking past him and out
of the office! This was a specialist and
this is the kind of help he offered me -
none. My right ear pain is as severe as
ever and I'm still in the dark. I
honestly believe these doctors don't know
anything anymore.
