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Twitching Eardrum Creating a Thumping Sound

I have had ringing in my ears for 50 years and the older I get the louder it gets. Just recently, I started...

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Weird red bumps in back of my throat

i am having cough and enlarged papillae for 6 months

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Ear pain

I gather my whole outer ear into my hand and gently fold it together. Sometimes that helps and sometimes,...

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NEEd Help!

I experienced something weird last midnight. I woke up and went to the CR but after that, something yellow fluid...

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Look this up

It seems many on this thread might have a rare condition of auriculotemporal neuralgia. It is a...

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crunchy noise in ears

I'm 51 years old, and have had the "crunchy noise" sensation in my ears since i was a child. It's...

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How I deal with the "hot ear" problem

I have been having this issue on and off for years. What I have found that works well for me is to...

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Myringoplasty tips

I had a perforated eardum resulting from trying to irrigate my ear with a water-filled rubber bulb to remove...

Posted by my2cents

I had a perforated eardum resulting from trying to irrigate my ear with a water-filled rubber bulb to remove ear wax after prepping a few minutes with hydrogen peroxide to create bubbles under the wax. Don't try it, especially if you are getting old, because your skin gets thinner, and your eardrum may perforate, particularly if you don't leave enough egress room for the water. Go to an ENT doctor with a lighted microscope to get ear wax removed if you leave it too long and it gets impacted.

The size of the hole was about 4 mm, and it didn't heal spontaneously even after seven months. The doctor extracted wax at that point using a lighted microscope, and there was a little piece of skin under the wax. He "freshened" (gently removed mature scar tissue from) the majority of the borders of the hole without anesthetic, with negligible pain. He stopped when it started to hurt. He put the piece of skin over the hole. This only took a few minutes. Four months later when I went back, he reported complete closure of the hole. However, the part of the eardrum over the hole was a thin, single layer of skin rather than the multiple layers in the original intact drum. He was not sure whether the new skin would thicken later. He advised against doing anything that put a lot of barometric pressure on the drum. I will go back to him again in another six months or so to see if the skin has thickened. Meanwhile, I can swim without a waterproof ear band, and that is good news. I don't know whether a fat plug or other type of myringoplasty would have been a better idea for a thicker growth (see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2691897/ ). I had not known about this article when I went to the office, and am not sure whether the gelfoam used in the middle ear dissolves later. Apparently this approach can also be done in the office under local anesthesia, if I understand correctly, and that is likely what I will try if my perforation opens again. Something to keep in mind is that the code for the procedure the doctor used on me is for myringoplasty, which is a general term. The retail cost was well over $2,000, with Medicare and insurance covering it at a vastly lower rate. So if you're going to get this skin patch thing done at retail, it might be a good idea to talk to the doctor first about the price. It took about 15 minutes of his time. Best of luck to all you swimmers and surfers and others out there who have eardrum damage. See you at the beach.View Thread

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Asthma common cold cure through breathing exercise

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i hear clicking in my throat

I have this same clicking that you are all talking about hearing. I was also concerned about this so i...

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Sharp pain in left ear lob cartiliage

After the last 24 hours of excruciating pain and having tried Tylenol Regular and Sinus and heating pads,...

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Drainage of thick clear secretions from the inner ...

I have had this problem myself. And have found that 1 ml. of mucomyst (Acetylcysteine) mixed in 14ml of...

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An_251960 pls hv u found a solution? Am currently passing 2thru d same problem. pls help.

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Ear and allergies

For what it's worth, my brother has been getting allergy shots for a year and the ringing in his ears has...

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ear echo

My ear has popped during the night. Firstly it was painful and now it feels blocked with an echoing while...

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Possible Solution

I had the same problem as everyone here. I used some swimmers ear & took a decongestant-- seems to be...

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mine feels the same way and im kinda scared that it could be throat cancer but i dont know the doctor said i...

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helps you feel better

Every time I feel under the weather I start drinking chamomile and peppermint teas with lemon and...

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Oregano Oil An Effective Remedy For Cold And Flu

As flu season rolls around, people begin worrying about how to keep themselves, and their families,...

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