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Stepping Away

I have been the Health Expert on this community board for well over a decade, responding to tens of...

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IN NEED OF OPINIONS ON, PROGNOSES OF AND TREATMENT...

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IN NEED OF OPINIONS ON, PROGNOSES OF AND TREATMENT...

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Mild sore throat, bad taste in mouth, can't taste ...

For the past couple of days I have had a mild sore throat that feels swollen/numb. I am also suffering from a...

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Nose Injury - Is it broken?

I don't have health insurance, nor do I have the money to see a doctor about this but was wondering if...

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Sound in ears

A couple months ago i put hydrogen peroxide in my right ear. I heard its good to clean wax in the ear even my...

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Ear Infection?

For the last 4 weeks I have suffered with an ear infection and vertigo. My ear nose and throat has had me on...

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Swollen Tonsil

Hi, I am a 20 year old female. For about the past 12 days I have had extreme pain whenever I swallow, even my...

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Sore throat only at night

I've had a sore throat now for over a month, but only from evening to morning; I'm fine during the day. My...

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Post endolymphatic shunt surgery difficulty

Hello I had a shunt inserted four days ago. The first day after, I had some normal popping. I cleaned the...

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wow

Hi i guess i'm here to join in on this and like many i'm shocked at how many of us have the same reaction with...

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ear infection

e ear infection for over 2 weeks still plugged and ringing doctor gave me 2 dose of meds still not working

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White noise and Pain in Both Ears

I have had white noise 24/7 from both of my ears for several months now. I have had pressure and pain in...

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Anosmia and Meningioma

I recently realised that I have a Meningioma tumour in my brain and got it removed 6 weeks ago. I will attach a...

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Irritating sensation in ear

Hi The problem started over 10 years ago in my left ear: irritation of drum or inner parts, as if a feather was...

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I think it's swimmers ear.

I find it intersting to look over this thread though it is very old. I have just had a horrable ear...

Posted by bluesubaru82

I find it intersting to look over this thread though it is very old. I have just had a horrable ear infection. I went to a dr at a state clinic as i have no insurance. the doctor looked at my ear said it was middle ear gave me antibotics and sent me on my way. I have never had an ear infection ever.... about 3 days later I am in so much pain i go to emergancy care. the pa there said to up my antibotics, and give me numbing drops. I have no draining at all, and the pain just keeps getting worse. I take ibprohen, and then more antibotics than i should. I go back to the family dr, and she says, i can't see anything in your ear. maybe it burst, here get some more antibiotics but use these drops, and quit taking the numbing drops. she takes a culture, and then she doesn't get back to me on monday. I can't wait till monday, after being in pain and no sleep for a week, plus dizzy (i won't drive) I call an ent, and get an appointment. the ent takes one looks in my ear and says"let's take a look" he cleans out layer opon layer of junk of of my ear and finally hits a layer on my ear drum that is a fungus. it is nasty.(my husband who has an iron stomach about puked) he says my ear drum is very irrated, and looks to be almost bleeding/ he says the numbing drops were feeding the infection, and that the antobitcs were not helping at all. in fact they may have made the fungus worse, as they eat the bactria that helps protect us from fungus. he gives me some sort of acid drops. ( I forget what type it is) and they work.
the family dr finally calls me back and tells me they think i should stay on antibotics and the drops. (the antibotic drops) they think that is the best course to take till they get the other culture analyzed. she said they found staff in my ear. I am so glad I went to the ent and didn't want on the dr's findings. she was so wrong on all of it.
I did remember I used to get swimmers ear all the time when i was a kid. no one thought to ask that. hm.......it was an outer infection in my ear not an inner and the dr was prescribing me meds. and pain killers instead of fixing the problem. moral of the story, antibotics do not kill a fungle infection if you are on antibotics for a few days and see no difference than they probablly are not working.
I hope some one sees this and avoids the crap i had to deal with, and they also don't get 4 hundred dollars in doctors bills from doctors who don't know anything. so thankful for the ent, I will be happy to pay to have him fix it. I am so happy to hear agaian and not be in painView Thread

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Strange head issues

I am 43, and have been having some odd things going on lately. For the past several months I have experienced a...

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Ear trouble

I have always had issues with my right ear. I have had tubes in my just that ear since I was in 3rd...

Posted by kimberlycochran

I have always had issues with my right ear. I have had tubes in my just that ear since I was in 3rd grade. At first they would put one in and 6 mos later they would have to remove them because of infection. After about 3 years of this we switched ear doctors and after the first tube from that doctor had been removed 6 mos after he put it in he decided my body was rejecting the material the tube was made of. So he switched the kind of tube he was using and then they would stay in for about a year and then it would fall out, with in two weeks of it falling out my hearing would be gone again and we would have to put another one in. This continued until I was about 21 yrs old. He had said when you place a tube in an ear it pokes a hole in the eardrum. He said he wanted that hole to stay open but mine would always heal. So my ear drum is pretty scared up. I went for several years with no issues really but here in the last 4 years I have been having more ear troubles. My ear itches all the time, I experience vertigo a lot have frequent ear and sinus infections and every time our family doctor looks at my ears she says my ear drum is retracted. I have had a lot of sinus pain in the last couple of days again, face hurts really bad across my cheek feels like someone had kicked me in the face. My ear popped again earlier and now my ear feels all stopped up. I have been taking allegra for 2 weeks now, and a decongestant and still nothing coming out of my nose. I laid last night with ice across my cheek cause my face was swollen. I do have a swollen area in my neck that has been swollen for 3 yrs now, I have had a CT scan with contrast and it shows swollen lymph nodes. She I be asking my doctor for a referral to an ENT. I also suffer from IBS and fibromyalgia so they really don't like giving me antibiotics.
When I was age 3 I was kicked by a horse right behind my right ear and was thrown over 20 ft. In 1996 I hit myself in the back of the head on the right side like at the base of my skull with the mull end of an ax while chopping firewood, I know sounds silly but I just slung the thing over my shoulder while I placed another piece of wood on the block.
My concern is the family dr has seen this retraction now of this eardrum for over 3 yrs, I have also had the swollen lymph nodes for about the same time. Is there anything they can do for this anyway.View Thread

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Liquid through the throat

I have terrible headache especially in the evening, shortly before each headache i have a liquid passes by my...

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Ear problem

This morning when i woke up i noticed something wrong with my right ear. i thought it wss just ear wax...

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Trouble Breathing through nose and tonsiliths

For several years now I've had trouble breathing through my nose, at first it might be a deviated septum but...

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perforated eardrum bleeding has only worsened

So i got a really bad ear infection about 3 days ago. My mom is a home health nurse so she just gave me some...

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arm pain after flu shot

I got the flu shot in October 2012. My arm and shoulder immediately started hurting and by 24 hours I...

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arm pain after flu shot

I got the flu shot in October 2012. My arm and shoulder immediately started hurting and by 24 hours I...

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In a panic about long lasting issue need HELP

Hello, I just figured I'd just cut to the chase. I am a 26 year old female and I have had ear issues all of my...

Posted by sasmed12

Hello, I just figured I'd just cut to the chase. I am a 26 year old female and I have had ear issues all of my life. Almost about 3 months ago, I have had earaches and I couldn't tell what was going on. I went to see my new doctor (I just moved) about my earache. She first prescribed me antibiotics for a sinus infection and that did nothing. I went back for the same problem and she prescribed me ear drops with antibiotics, nothing. I went again and she decided to prescribe me this flonase stuff along with signing me up for an ear wash. The minute I got the wash, I thought I was going to die and was screaming my head off because it hurt so bad. I then got a referral to the ENT and had to wait a month for the appointment! At this time, my face was/is burning, around my ear was/is burning, I have been hearing a ringing sound, hearing loss in that ear, and the pain moves. I finally saw the ENT and made a mistake by telling him that Advil allergy and sinus made the pain go away a little bit. He took a look and removed a bunch of wax and then said that I have two holes in my ears and one is from tubes that were put in. He found a tube (that must've been in there for 15 years!) and took it out of the canal. He prescribed me that flonase and sent me off to find zyrtec(because I said some allergy meds did seem to cease some of the pain). He also gave me ear plugs to wear in the shower and signed me up for a hearing test in 6 weeks. The zyrtec didn't do a thing for the pain so I just went back to the advil and took the flonase. I thought it was weird because the flonase was giving a sharp shooting pain and burning feeling straight across the top of my head. The pain was so bad for a few moments I stopped taking it because I saw that it's supposed to be painless. I am now in such intense pain that I can't concentrate. I have sharp and burning pains all around and in my ear. At some times my ear itches inside and all around and when I wake up I noticed fluid coming out (like watery) when I sleep on that side. I also have a bad pain in the back of my head which is right next to my ear but it's like my skull and sometimes it has a burning sensation too. I have been trying to call the Dr. but he hasn't been around and the nurse on the phone told me he probably would just prescribe me something else tomorrow. I am so worried it's been an unattended infection for months and it's moving around to some bad spots and I'm afraid he will just prescribe me another allergy med. I still have all of the symptoms of ringing in my ear, pain in and around my ear, burning in and around my ear, burning on top and in the back of my head and pain..... Any advice on what I can do to get an actual appointment or should I go to the hospital?View Thread

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