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@chelmsford

Hi sue - just after Father’s Day I got a bad cold -fever -sore throat -headache- & ear infection— took Augmentin for 10 days went back & got it checked several times, and it was healing properly but the fluid in the middle ear stayed —-I waited it out 3 months and saw 3 ENTs for opinions —hoping it would go away on its own — but it didn’t so the ENT did this procedure- she said if this had been a chronic condition that I have been dealing with multiple times she would’ve put the tube in but since it was an isolated incident at the moment we would try this first —-she numbed it, made a tiny hole and sucked out the fluid — but since the second she did it - it feels solid blocked/pressure and ringing. I’m not sure it would feel any different if she had placed the tube as is the very same procedure without tube placement

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Wow, that is interesting. I have spent many years with fluid in the ear, and had tubes a few times. I do have a lay person's opinion - the trauma of numbing & puncturing probably irritated your middle ear, leading to your symptoms. If you are accustomed to swallowing or or blocking your nose to clear your ears, neither will work with the hole there.
Have you called the ENT to report what happened?
Sue