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Mastoiditis: What treatments did you get? Left untreated?

Posted by agis14 @agis14, Aug 28, 2022

Hello, for about 2 years now I’ve been dealing with dizziness and headaches. I’ve yet to see the neurologist but I did have an mri and ct scan throughout those years. When I asked for labs for the neurologist’s reference, I saw that in the mri that I had “mild right-sided mastoiditis.” I don’t recall being made aware of this nor treated for it, and I’m concerned just from what I read about untreated mastoiditis. Since I know about this now, is it too late? I do feel like my symptoms are getting worse since then, but it’s been 2 years. I don’t know what to do or if I should acknowledge this.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Dec 18, 2022
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@rocknrobbn

Thank you Colleen.
I just realized this was a possibility when I was reading an article about chronic sinusitis that doesn't resolve.
I would appreciate any questions to ask an ENT. All I have come up with is surgery as a solution.
Also, do you have any names of ENT's that are well respected in Tucson AZ. I want to go out of network. I have not been happy with my other specialists within network.
Thank you for writing to me.
Happy holidays:)

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Hi @rocknrobbn, I don’t have any physician recommendations. Did you see the suggestion from @koleke about looking into an otologist?

Koleke, why was an otologist the right choice for you? What questions would you suggest the Robbn think to ask?

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koleke | @koleke | Dec 18, 2022
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@colleenyoung

Hi @rocknrobbn, I don’t have any physician recommendations. Did you see the suggestion from @koleke about looking into an otologist?

Koleke, why was an otologist the right choice for you? What questions would you suggest the Robbn think to ask?

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My ENT did not have any more answers for me after treating me for a year. He acknowledged that I needed someone with more education in specifically the ear. Her questions will be specific to her symptoms so I can't advise her on that. Two trips to the otologist are all I needed to fix my drainage. Good luck!!!

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