Ear problem

[loreta]

I have a problem with my right ear:

Last week I had a beginning of a flu, with fever. Suddenly Friday I had a earache in my right ear. I went to urgency and the doctor said that I had an inflammation inside my ear so he receipt me antibiotics. I waited to take them because I know how bad they are and because I try always to cure myself, to give to my body the opportunity to heal itself. But Sunday the dolor was so high: my two ears were hurting very much plus my jaws. So I decided to buy the antibiotics and take them.

My dolor went away and also my fever. But since yesterday my right ear is completely blocked, I ear nothing from it. If I blocked my left ear I ear just garbage, nothing clear. So I went today to urgency again. The doctor look my ear and told me that there is no wax, no inflammation, nothing, no pus. So I have an appointment next Tuesday with my family doctor.

What can it be? Can I do or take something to relieve or unblock this ear? I feel a pressure in my ear and also I ear a buzz.

It is new for me this sort situation. Not be able to listen correctly is something terrible. I feel sorry for people that are deft.

Did you ever had this sort of problem? Thanks to listen!

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

The doctor look my ear and told me that there is no wax, no inflammation, nothing, no pus. So I have an appointment next Tuesday with my family doctor.

Yes, seeing someone else, to have a second opinion, is a good idea. While not being able to listen with one ear is worrying and extremely annoying, at least, you're no longer hurting. That's already a big relief.

What can it be? Can I do or take something to relieve or unblock this ear? I feel a pressure in my ear and also I ear a buzz.

Gaby will be able to give you an informed answer but are you in a situation where you have not been listening to someone or something? Are you being deaf to a situation? Perhaps it is your body's way of saying 'No!' to something or someone?

It is very often worthwhile to look at the symbolic meaning of dis-eases, especially when the cause is not immediately apparent.

 

[Gaby]

That must be really frustrating, I'm sorry Loreta.

What were the antibiotics?

Let's see what the family doc says when s/he sees you. If hearing is not recovered, you might be derived to a specialist for tests to pinpoint exactly where is the problem. Perhaps in the time being, you can focus on detox, some probiotics from the herbal shop (with lactobacillus rhamnosus) to repopulate flora and some supplements. I was thinking of B complex vitamins and some vitamin C.

 

[loreta]

Gaby will be able to give you an informed answer but are you in a situation where you have not been listening to someone or something? Are you being deaf to a situation? Perhaps it is your body's way of saying 'No!' to something or someone?

It is very often worthwhile to look at the symbolic meaning of dis-eases, especially when the cause is not immediately apparent.

Thanks for your advise Mrs. Tigersoap. I am aware of the symbol of the ear. And how in a sense I am deft to myself in many issues. When you refuse to listen the body is there to make you to listen, you liked or not. It is simple like this. But how complicated.

That must be really frustrating, I'm sorry Loreta.

What were the antibiotics?

Let's see what the family doc says when s/he sees you. If hearing is not recovered, you might be derived to a specialist for tests to pinpoint exactly where is the problem. Perhaps in the time being, you can focus on detox, some probiotics from the herbal shop (with lactobacillus rhamnosus) to repopulate flora and some supplements. I was thinking of B complex vitamins and some vitamin C.

Thank you very much Gaby. I am taking Amoxicilina/acido Clavulanico cinfa 875/125 mg. I am also taking pro-biotics with many lactobacillus but not rhamnosus. I will try to find it. And B complex and vitame C, that I have.

I will post what the doctor will tell me next Tuesday.

Thanks again. :)

 

[griffin]

It must be distressing not to hear in your right ear again yet, Loreta, and I'm sorry for your discomfort.

As you plan and Gaby advised, do see your family doctor and s/he may refer you to an ear specialist.

However, based on your report that you had an ear infection that eventually affected both ears and also caused pain in your jaws before you took antibiotics, it might take a little more time for your body to clear away any residual bacterial debris and heal itself to restore your hearing.

Gaby asked what antibiotic(s) you were prescribed, and she's qualified to assess that, while I'm not. But, did you take all of the antibiotic(s) for the entire time prescribed and not just until you felt better?

I'm not a doctor, but it seems clear to me that knocking down an infection is only the first battle, and then you have to give yourself a little time to recover. If you take care of yourself for a while, I'd hope that you will completely recover your hearing in your right ear. You've won the battle; now to recover.

Hang in there, you'll likely get better before too long.

 

[LQB]

I'm not a doctor, but it seems clear to me that knocking down an infection is only the first battle, and then you have to give yourself a little time to recover. If you take care of yourself for a while, I'd hope that you will completely recover your hearing in your right ear. You've won the battle; now to recover.

Hang in there, you'll likely get better before too long.

Yes, you might have a backup of fluids and/or residual inflammation. I had something similar (although not an infection), and a shot in the arm of cortisone resolved the hearing loss in two days. So your doc could try this if the hearing doesn't resolve.

 

[Gaby]

If you trust the quality of your probiotics, it should be okay. I just like rhamnosus because it promotes a good neighborhood and I know it is sold in herbal shops ;)

 

[nicklebleu]

Sorry to hear of your predicament, loreta.

After an ear infecton it is quite normal to have the sense of a "numb" ear (feeling of blockage) and ringing. It usually goes away in a few days. If not seek out the advice of a ENT specialist.

As Gaby advised the first atep is to see you GP and then take it from there.

 

[loreta]

I am still taking my antibiotics, till next Sunday. I started last Sunday. I am lucky that it is just one ear that is blocked. I can not imagine if the two ears were touched. Hopefully also I don't have vertigo, something that can come with ear infection.

Thanks for your advise and concern. I am grateful.

 

[loreta]

I just want to give some news from my ear problem.

Finally the sound came last Sunday but I wanted to be sure before telling this. It came after I put in my ear a cream that helped to unblock the ear. It was the wife of a friend that is doctor that tell me to use this cream, the name is: Terra-Cortril. Why they did not tell me this in the Emergency is a mystery. Maybe they adore to see people suffer?

What helped also to unblock my ear, I think, was doing some head-down yoga exercises. I read about this problem in some blogs, the reasons are various when you become deft of an ear: infection, brain trauma, illness like the Cogan Trauma, also an absence of good circulation of blood in your ear. Thats why I did some yoga exercises head-down. Also what helped was to put some drops of lemon in my nose and the fact that this make me blow my nose permitted to "open" my ear canal.

The relief was immense. My friend also told me to take some drops with antibiotic in my ear. The name of this medicament is Aceoto.

I would have like to cure this problem with homeopathy. However I will take some now to clean my body of the "bad" sides of the antibiotics that I took: Thuya 9CH, Silicia 9CH, Nux Vomica 9CH. Also to clean definitely my ear I will take Kalium Muriaticum 15CH and Hepar Sulfuris 15 CH.

I am listening now perfectly but I still ear some buzzing. We will see if this persists after taking my homeopathy. If not I will ask my doctor to see a specialist. But doctors are strange: first they just have 5 minutes for you. In 5 minutes you have to tell them the problem while he is writing in his computer. Then he has to see your problem and give his idea about it. And they hate to give you information of any kind. And to refer you to a specialist. It is for me always very hard to see a doctor, I hate it. I suffer from "doctorphobia".

So that's all for now. Here is a page that give information about Sudden Deafness (SSHL)

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/sudden.aspx

 

[edgitarra]

I don't know if it is your case but swimming underwater gives this kind of ear problems. Whenever i swim too much underwater it just happens that for a few days i am ear-smashed. But the problem itself is getting cured in those days. Doesn't last long.

 

[nicklebleu]

I don't know if it is your case but swimming underwater gives this kind of ear problems. Whenever i swim too much underwater it just happens that for a few days i am ear-smashed. But the problem itself is getting cured in those days. Doesn't last long.

Does that come from swimming in the ocean or just in the pool? And how long does it last?

The reason I am asking is that this could be "swimmer's ear" - basically an infection of the outer ear canal. This can easily prevented if you by ear drops against Swimmer's ear. They smell like vinegar, but if you do that after every swim it should prevent that - if it is Swimmer's ear.

The other possibility is an inability to equalize pressure in your inner ear (make the eardrums pop) - or worse, a perforation of the ear drum. If this happens after every swim, I think you should have a doctor look into your ear to see if the ear drum is intact).

 

[loreta]

In my case it was not because I swim. It came like this, suddenly with my otitis. The doctor was very surprised that I had an otitis without going to the swimming pool. But now I remember that many, many years ago when I was 16 I had a beginning of a perforation of my ear drum. Doctors where not better in the past then now. It took many months before a doctor looked at my ear and said: you have a perforation of your ear drum! This doctor was good. I saw him because I had vertigo, big vertigo, and when I say big is big. But he was the only one to think that maybe my vertigo was due to my ear? How come doctors are so dumb? ;)

My real fear in this otitis that I had this month was for the vertigo, that in fact I did not had, thank god.But I will be very careful when I go to the beach.