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Strange symptoms beginning 10 months ago mostly ENT type issues
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Mar 19 4:54pm | Replies (2)Comment receiving replies
Dear @rickfl, after reading your post a few times, two things stick out:
1. You had no health symptoms until after your hip replacement.
2. When you took antibiotics, you felt better.
Can you have the implant checked to make sure it isn't causing systematic infection--maybe a surgical instrument/gauze was accidently left in the hip. Could you be allergic to the replacement part material? The fact the antibiotics made you feel better says a world. If the part is being rejected, could that cause infection? If you do have a systematic infection, maybe it could manifest in other bodily areas such as ear drainage.
It is just my humble opinion, that somehow the hip replacement has something to do with this. One last comment. If you take any OTC products for sleep, colds, allergies, etc., STOP. Many times, these products can make a person very ill.
I pray you get it figured out.
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Excellent response! As a past Infection Control Nurse that sounds very plausible. I always when investigating my own aches and pains at the point of which there has been a change. That is how I discovered when I spent 8 months playing patty-cake with ENT, Neurology about severe vertigo/dizzy spells 2-3 times a day. After Pulmonary procedure for valves, pulmo changed my anti-coagulant from Warfarin to Eliquis, cause it is "easier" - no monitoring. Did deep dive research, found 5-6 case studies re: Warfarin vs Eliquis---2023 NIH research study revealed the patients once put back on Warfarin had symptoms alleviated. I stopped and Warfarin and haven't been dizzy since! Start at the time the changes occurred.