Fingers crossed everything resolves nothing when it's your ears throws everything off x
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Fingers crossed everything resolves nothing when it's your ears throws everything off x
I had the flu which seemed to go on for 4 weeks. Usual Catarrh issues. Then I got a very bad sore throat which lasted about a week. About 5 days ago I woke up to spend a penny. I got out of bed and stumbled round the bed to the loo. I felt I was being pulled to the left. I stumbled into the wardrobe then the door frame and round into the loo. I wobbled over to the loo and sat down and everything seemed to be moving even though I was still - worse than if I had been on a boat for a fortnight. I wobbled back to bed not bumping into anything on the way back till I got to the bed and then bumped into the bed (things reversed from going to the loo and going back. I prayed that I wasn't going to die before I saw the doctor. I slept and in the morning I tried to get up but I was so dizzy. My head was swimmy. I felt spaced out. My ears felt full. There was pain in them both. I tried to get up but the sensation of being pulled to one side was much worse and the vertigo was extreme as was the dizziness in my sinuses. My husband tried to get me up but I couldn't move for the vertigo and dizziness. I could see also that my husband was worrying but trying to hide his fear and trying to be positive about it. I asked him to get me the phone and I phoned the doctor. The surgery was shut for another 1/2 hour. It was a very long 1/2 hour. When I got through I spoke to the doctor and told him EVERYTHING. I had an upset stomach from the vertigo. He said it was an inner ear problem and explained how it works. He sent round some Prochlorperazine tablets for the giddiness, but I looked at the side effects and that they were an anti psychotic drug and never took them. I remembered that ginger is supposed to help with motion sickness and I had some in the fridge so I took one which helped, but as ginger gives me bad stomach upsets I didn't take it again. The dose is too strong. I will send off for some ginger oil so i can take less and find my 'balance' (no pun intended :)) for dosage. I took sudafed but it is a stimulant and I felt on edge and couldn't sleep. I know sudafed raises the blood pressure so I stopped taking that. Also, they upset my stomach. Then I took elderberry syrup which shrinks mucous membranes to make mucous drain easier. It works like sudafed but without the side effects also it is anti bacterial and anti viral. I also took a supplement called N-acetyl cysteine (N.A.C.) which thins the mucous. Talk about rivers of the stuff. My sinuses have released so much gunk but my stomach was so upset today. I don't know whether it was the elderberry or the amount of mucous which was draining down my throat. Today I have felt worse but now my stomach is feeling better after taking Bentonite clay, my head doesn't feel as spacey. I am still off balance though. My daughter in law took NAC for her COPD and she breathes much easier now. She is 50% improved. You take 1 a day. Mucous is constantly flowing down my throat.
I have ordered some Golden seal herb which unblocks and gets rid of all sorts of mucous whether it is hard or runny. I read about someone who had the same symptoms and she consulted Dr. Google and she came up with drinking lots of water and taking magnesium. Well, after she wobbled to the kitchen and drank a few glasses of water, she felt a lot better but not cured. She started taking magnesium capsules, ( or like me, use magnesium oil if you are sensitive to magnesium capsules) She is a year now without any symptoms. I saved the article but cannot find it at the moment. I take co codamol for my arthritic pain and they dehydrate so dehydration is a major cause of vertigo. Maybe the mucous gets so hard that it cannot drain. I suffer from Rheumatoid arthritis and so I have to be careful what I take. Read about detox and stagnant lymph. It could help. I will try to find the article and let you know it so you can read it. I am also going to start olive leaf tincture as it is anti viral/anti bacterial.
edit: I cannot find the article I was saying about but try Dr Axe on how to get rid of vertigo
I must also mention that during the worst of this my eyes were totaly out of control. The felt like they were wobbling or jerking to one side without my permission.
Hello. Anne Marie. I totally understand your frustration. Here is my story.Probably starting Jan 3 or 4th I came down with a cold that had me super stuffy. I noticed that my ears were feeling full, but didn't think anything of it because I had pressure in ears in the past and symptoms would eventually go away. Fast forward the following week on Jan 11th , I was laying on the chair on my right side and all of a sudden my hearing went dim. I didn't understand what was going on...I started to panic. The days following I was frantically searching for things that had symptoms such as "water in ear", "ear fullness". I came across a lot of information about ETD. Although ETD didn't seem life threatening or I wasn't thrilled to know that the symptoms can last a few weeks or months!!! YIKES!!! So, decided on this Monday Jan 16th to go to urgent care to see if they could give me some assurance. To my surprise the physician assistant told me I had ETD ( fluid behind the eardrum)!! He prescribed me afrin nasal spray(which i discontinued after three days)and sudafed. For the most part, I would say that the stuffiness has subsided , but I am still battling with the crunch when I yawn or swallow and a little bit of pressure. I also feel that my ear is ringing a little and I still may have a little phlegm left. I also think my brain is super focused on it, and it just seems like this thing is taking so long to clear up. But, good thing I can hear and its not like an ocean in my ear like the first day. When the ear was plugged I was steaming with tea tree oil . I think I might start that again. Anybody else have any encouraging words or success stories behind this condition? I am trying to stop my anxiety from thinking that the ear would get worse or turn to glue ear. I JUST WANT THIS thing to go away!!!! LORD!! I have to constantly give folks a disclaimer, because as I am walking in public I am always adjusting my mouth to try and unstick and see if the noise has subsided. I was reading that Sudafed with Mucinex is a good combo, so I am going to try that out to see how that goes as well. Please share your story if you empathize with me. I am praying that we all have deliverance soon!!!!!!!#eustachiantubedysfunction
[QUOTE=Anne Marie;1637524]. I also took a supplement called N-acetyl cysteine (N.A.C.) which thins the mucous. Talk about rivers of the stuff.
ANNE MARIE, the ETD I have developed from a lot of work done on both ears to get rid of otitis externa and then the weeping ears is going to put me into the psychiatric ward!!! I can't stand this! How much of the N.A.C. did you take???? I want to try it. TY
Hello, Sorry its been a long time getting back to you. I forgot my password. Any way...N.A.C. comes in 600 mg capsules. Just one a day. I took mine with elderberry as elderberry shrinks the mucous membranes, hence why rivers of the stuff. I stopped elderberry as I read it has laxative effects, which I found to be true. Mucous doesn't flow so fast without elderberry. but it still thins the mucous. You need to look up about how the lymph system and mucous are all connected. My glands in my throat are still swollen and my ears are not as full as they were. Vertigo is mild now. I am drinking 1 litre of water a day in addition to my HOT drinks. Hot drinks make mucous flow easier. I have about 4 half pint cups of barleycup every day. This extra fluid will thin and make my lymph flow. I can feel it move from the back of my ears and down to my throat then to the base of my throat and out. It feels like thick jam moving. The back of my head doesn't feel so pressured now either. When the lymph is clear and flowing then there won't be a back up of mucous. I have to stop now so after lunch I will come back with where you can find out about lymph. It has been three weeks now since my vertigo started. 2 months after my flu started.
Here we are . . . The Best Herbs to Cleanse the Lymphatic System by Dr. John Douillard. He explains it all and it makes perfect sense to me.
Its been a few years but I'm writing to help anyone who reads this thread looking for solutions! Acupuncture drains the eustachian tube in about 5 mins! Please try it. Got to a reputable acupuncturist and tell them about your blocked eustachian tube. They should place a needle or two in the top of your head, about an inch back from your forehead. It is amazing. I turn to acupuncture for literally everything. Plus if your eustachian tube is blocked due to tmj then acupuncture can treat that too. Doctors won't ever mention it because its outside their area of expertise and is an entirely different school of thought but bottom line is it works so please give it a go. Xx
Ok,I am amongst the blocked eustachion tube group as well now. I had a bad head cold just about 5 weeks ago. A few days after I started feeling better my left ear suddenly felt blocked,full ,it felt like it had too much pressure as if I had been in a high elevation and could not pressurize my ear properly. Also, very intense ringing sometimes humming associated with it,and amplified sounds. Now ,I already suffer from tinnitus,but this is entirely different and much worse. I finally went to the ENT a week in a half ago ,he told me my ear was not retracted at all,I didn't have any fluid or infection. He told me my eustachion tube was swollen and told me to take a steroid dose pack and use rhinocort. Well,I can not take steroid dose pack it makes me extremely ill and anxious. But I do already currently use nasaocort AQ for my sinuses. The Dr. Ordered me to use rhinocort. I used it for 2 days and it made me feel miserable! Very high anxiety ,nauseous, head was very cloudy. So, googled as usual,and read that many people have suffered same side affects from Rhinocort. I than started using my nasacort again,only apparently I hadn't been using it correctly. There is a correct way to use steroid nasal spray for it to reach your eustachion tube by tilting your head down and angling the nasal spray just right. The ENT did not tell me this. Also,I can not take sudefed or and decongestants,they all make my heart race terribly. Yes I am one of those people . My symptoms now are disoriented at times,head cloudiness,left ear ringing and humming ,as well as constant crackling and popping and fullness. Oh..and AMPLIFIED sounds that make my ear feel like it's going to explode just by the sound of water running ,as well as my own voice at times. Now,last night it popped so much that it actually feels slightly different today,as iff a tiny airway has opened but not enough. I am on my fifth week of feeling this way and my 9th day of using nasacort and heating pad. I contacted the ENT again today and the nurse told me there is nothing I can do but wait and if persist after 2 more weeks or so to make an appt with an allergist. I feel like I am going crazy here. I don't want to leave the house to do anything because I live in the mountains and the change in altitude make my ear feel much worse ,and I just don't feel focused or good enough to leave the house. I am trying to remain positive that this will go away,but it is difficult when I read many of the unsuccessful stories on here. It I have read some positive outcomes and that is reassuring. I wil post on here again if I see any changes in the next couple weeks! I Ann not giving up hope,I will continue to take long hot showers,use the heating pad and my nasacort until this terrible annoyance subsides. I am glad I am not alone on here.
SETD-swollen eustachion tube disfunction
Have a blocked ear w/ fluid too, due to a sinus infection & allergies. Been a couple of months & it's a pain in the rear end. Doctor gave me allergy meds & a nasal spray, said it can take time to clear up.
Ok-it is March 30- my ear issues became much worse and now is in both ears. I made a dr. Appt with my PCP yesterday-and she told me I had fluid in both ears and that both ears were bulged outward which is causing the pressure I have. Now ,just 2 weeks ago I went the the ENT who told me I had no fluid or anything visibly wrong ! I knew that to be untrue. The ENT told me it was most likely swollen E tubes. I will never go back to him again. While I was at my PCP visit yesterday she gave me a shot of toradol for inflammation (I can't take steroids ,on nasal spray,my reactions are too bad) and I am currently taking 800mg of ibuprofen 3xD for 5-7 days. Since the toradol shot I have already noticed a difference in my pressure and ringing..I hope I continue on this path.this is the best I have felt since this entire thing started over a month ago. I did get a referral to see another ENT so I will be making that appt as well after I complete my 5-7 days of ibuprofen. That toradol shot made a huge difference in my opinion! I will update everyone in a couple weeks. I wish recovery to all of you,myself included. I don't remember crying so much and feeling so alone in during all of this,even though my wife has been wonderful,it's just if you haven't been through it,you will never get it. My life has been on hold..and I am hoping it won't be for much longer.
Glad Toradol has given you some relief. I think anything that relieves inflammation tends to be helpful. I've had sinus and ear problems since 1972 and have literally been to about 100 doctors. I have learned that I am very allergic to various pollens and dust. Consequently, I take over the counter antihistamines almost daily along with a steroidal nasal spray. I'm also subject to sinus infections, which can take months to clear. Certain foods make my symptoms (ear pain, head pressure, lethargy, irritability, anxiety and depression) much worse. So, I avoid all alcohol and spicy foods. I also try to avoid highly processed foods. Perhaps antihistamines and avoiding certain foods can augment what you're already doing. At this time, I have fullness in my left ear with constant crackling and throbbing. I suspect it's not an infection, but an allergic reaction to late spring pollens and dust; the swelling now possibly worsened by a change in barometric pressure (it's been very rainy off and on). Typically, I feel better in the middle of summer, when the weather where I live is pretty stable and there is no pollen in the air that I'm allergic to. I know what you're going through. In the spring of 1972, I felt so horrible in terms of head pain and pressure that I feared I had meningitis. It felt like my head would explode. It was hard to think and feel motivated to do anything, and I felt absolutely miserable. Fortunately, I'm not nearly as bad as that today and haven't been in decades, so hang in there. Since Toradol helps you, I would push for that so that you can at least get from day to day until a doctor gives you an effective treatment plan. I literally thought I might be going crazy because I had gone from feeling fantastic and in love with life to feeling horrible within 24 hours back in 1972, and -- like you -- I was feeling very down and isolated. Doctors were not very helpful, sorry to say, especially back then when they did not have the benefit of the technologies they have today. I've had six operations on my sinuses, which have helped a little. Last year, I had balloon surgery, which helped significantly, but the left side of my head did not respond nearly as well as the right side. Interestingly, at age 64, the right side of my head feels just fine for the first time in many years, but the left side (especially my ear) is chronically problematic. I keep searching for answers. It's very possible that you'll make a complete recovery, as certain underlying problems (for example, an overlooked or ineffectively treated fungal or bacterial infection) can take months to clear on their own. The body can very often recover -- simply with time, proper food and adequate rest. But, I pray medical intervention will cure you very soon.