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What can be done to resolve my obscure pressure issue with my left ear

Posted by medicalpain @medicalpain, Nov 5, 2023

In December 2022, I worked in an extremely sub zero degree cold and loud environment. While working, my ears began to get hot, red, and swollen at the workplace, sounds of loud glass bottles clanging in the factory started to pierce pain to my ears. One loud blow later, my left ear became clogged. It took a couple of big yawns to unclog it.

However, since then, for the past year:

Every time is do the Valsalva maneuver, my ear clogs with painful pressure.

Every time I hold my mouth and inhale, something in my ear pops inwards.

While I blow my nose, rattling of the ear is extreme.

I feel the need to always yawn or crack my ears to relieve the muffle in my ear but the relief is so short, I yawn and crack my jaw 500+ times per day to maintain relief.

The ear is sore all the time and never feels stable in pressure, it's almost like a constant game of ping pong with the air pressure, it just never feels in place. I always feel the need to have to keep doing the Valsalva maneuver throughout the day with yawning to maintain unmuffled hearing and temporarily not feel the bubble in my left ear.

I have tried nasal steroids, topical ear drops, jaw extersises, anti histamines, topical steroid cream, antibiotics, and I have been to two ENT specialists as well as numerous family doctors who say there are no signs of blockage and my ear is fine, nothing they can do.

I can't even imagine living the rest of my life with this, is there honestly nothing that can be done?

I do not have any hearing loss but now my ear is fully clogged and won't unclog because I am sick at the moment and blew my nose too hard.

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delweb98 | @delweb98 | Nov 5, 2023

Hi I am also going thru the same issues as you but with both ears. Have been to 5 ENT’s and had eustation tube ballooning done in both ears with no improvement. I was told it is a histamine problem. I am now two days into trying a cranial electro therapy stimulator which is knows to help reduce inflammation. It’s has been investigated by the National Institute of Health with processing results.I will keep you posted as I use the device. It may take a few weeks to a few months. Each person responds differently.it connects to your ear lobe and you use it 30 minutes 2/3 times each day. It is called a CES device.

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medicalpain | @medicalpain | Nov 7, 2023

Thank you very much for your response Delweb98, It is massively appreciated! I am very troubled and sorry to hear that you are having these problems in both your ears, it must be horrible to have to spend so much time and money trying so many different treatment options to no avail, in addition to extremely frustrating having to visit so many different "specialists" who do not show their patients the time of day. The technology that you are testing out does appear to be very promising, I hope it does show some significant improvements to your ailments.

I do have my skepticism when it comes to "fix it all technology", I just really hope it is not a full promise money grab as the products cost is definitely up in numbers. However, CES Ultra does appear to be the top tier of CES devices upon research and if anything can have an impact, it seems this device will certainly show some kind of improvement, being deployed so close to the eustachian tube. I really hope this does workout for you for the sake of us both, I would be more than happy to hear your updated status.

Here are some things I would like to try:

~Otevant balloon device
~Ear proper device
~Munchie techniques
~Endonasian cranial adjusting
~Estrogen drops through the nose

From all the personal research I did, I believe that the true condition is Patulous Eustachian tube dysfunction, a disorder of the valve of the Eustachian tube that causes it to remain open. This is harder to diagnose as I understand that this form of dysfunction does not have any detectible symptoms unless it is either monitored over a few minutes with an air pressure test called a tympanometry which doctors typically don't have the patience to probe, or, possibly through a CT scan.

For awhile I thought I may have had trench ear because I was working in the cold for so long that maybe the blood vessels to my ear just died out. I did eat alot of fermented foods at the time the issue began a year ago, this maybe supports a histamine response but it's hard to believe when anti histamines do not make a difference in my case and potentially yours too.

Nevertheless, I do hope you get some results soon. Here in Canada, ENT specialists take forever to see. I'll be lucky if I can see a new one in the next (6) months.

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delweb98 | @delweb98 | Nov 7, 2023
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Thank you very much for your response Delweb98, It is massively appreciated! I am very troubled and sorry to hear that you are having these problems in both your ears, it must be horrible to have to spend so much time and money trying so many different treatment options to no avail, in addition to extremely frustrating having to visit so many different "specialists" who do not show their patients the time of day. The technology that you are testing out does appear to be very promising, I hope it does show some significant improvements to your ailments.

I do have my skepticism when it comes to "fix it all technology", I just really hope it is not a full promise money grab as the products cost is definitely up in numbers. However, CES Ultra does appear to be the top tier of CES devices upon research and if anything can have an impact, it seems this device will certainly show some kind of improvement, being deployed so close to the eustachian tube. I really hope this does workout for you for the sake of us both, I would be more than happy to hear your updated status.

Here are some things I would like to try:

~Otevant balloon device
~Ear proper device
~Munchie techniques
~Endonasian cranial adjusting
~Estrogen drops through the nose

From all the personal research I did, I believe that the true condition is Patulous Eustachian tube dysfunction, a disorder of the valve of the Eustachian tube that causes it to remain open. This is harder to diagnose as I understand that this form of dysfunction does not have any detectible symptoms unless it is either monitored over a few minutes with an air pressure test called a tympanometry which doctors typically don't have the patience to probe, or, possibly through a CT scan.

For awhile I thought I may have had trench ear because I was working in the cold for so long that maybe the blood vessels to my ear just died out. I did eat alot of fermented foods at the time the issue began a year ago, this maybe supports a histamine response but it's hard to believe when anti histamines do not make a difference in my case and potentially yours too.

Nevertheless, I do hope you get some results soon. Here in Canada, ENT specialists take forever to see. I'll be lucky if I can see a new one in the next (6) months.

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If you would like we can exchange email info and keep each other updated with any new information we can share. Please let me know if you would like this arrangement.

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delweb98 | @delweb98 | Nov 8, 2023
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If you would like we can exchange email info and keep each other updated with any new information we can share. Please let me know if you would like this arrangement.

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