Okay. I saw another ENT today.

Basically, he looked in my nose and then barely felt my neck.

THen he took a tuning fork and put it on the side of my head and then behind my ear and asked me which one I could hear. I could hear the one behind my ear loud and clear.

He asked me if I had ringing in my ears but I don't know what ringing in the ear sounds like so I said no.

He basically told me to take Allegra D and a steroid nose spray.

Just thought I would update all of you that were kind enough to answer my message.

slr

Hi sir-
I hope the Allegra D and steroid spray help!

As for the ringing in the ear(s) (called tinnitus)...trust me, if you had it, you'd know!

It's usually a high pitched frequency and loud enough to be very distracting to the person who is experiencing it. In some cases, when it is constant, or very loud it can truly devastate someone...totally interfere with a person's life, since there is no way to get away from it. It's ever-present, inside the person's head. Tinnitus can also be characterized by other kinds of "noises" in the ear, like hissing, a water-rushing sound, a roaring "seaside/seashell" sound, buzzing, etc.

Many people who DON'T have it, have actually experienced it briefly ( a very mild, not as loud "version" of it) when they''ve had a cold, let's say, and their head is very congested and their ears are blocked a bit and they're in a very quiet environment. That's when they can sometimes hear ringing. But it's not as loud or overwhelming as true tinnitus and disappears when the cold does.

Anyway, with the fluid in your ear, the doctor was asking you about ringing to rule out other possible ear disorders.

It's a good sign that you don't have it....Please let us know how you do...I fully expect good news with your next posting!

zuzu xx



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This is an interesting post because I have the same exact problem. My ears are always blocked, sometimes I can hear the fluid in my ears. Sometimes there is pain also. I had a hearing test, and they put me in the sound booth. They say i have mild hearing loss with some nerve damage. The ENT told me there is nothing he can do and to come back next year for a hearing test.

I thought that was odd, what about all the other symptoms? Sometimes when I am in bed, liquid will come out of my ear, but not much.

Seems like these ENT's don't like to get involved with the inner ear issues.

Last year I had vertigo really bad, was dizzy non-stop for 3 straight weeks. They said it might of been an inner ear infection so I took medications. finally the dizziness went away and I was left with blocked ears etc. I told this to my ENT and he didn't feel he needed to look into it any further than my having just mild hearing loss.

I am on Allegra D right now. I am thinking of seeing another ENT. I mean maybe my Est tube is blocked? I mean can they tell by looking in the ear or what?

MY ears always pop, i can hear loud and clear for a couple minutes then they get blocked up.

I am sure there is a pressure issue of some kind, which caused my vertigo. What do you think?

Yea, I was given Allegra D but it kept me awake at night, well, I would sleep a few hours and then wake up and that was all she wrote.

One ENT told me I had mild hearing loss and nerve damage just like you were told but there was no fluid on my ears.

I could hear my heart beat in my left ear when I was taking the hearing test.

I fired that ENT because it is my opinion that if you diagnose someone with nerve damage, you had better do more than a hearing test to determine that.

Went to another ENT and was diagnosed with eustachian tube disfunction but again, only test that was done was to use a tuning fork. Seems to me if they are going to diagnose someone with things that they should test them more than they do.

I am disgusted with ENT's and dentists. Too many ENT's and dentists don't examine their patients thoroughly and those people end up with cancer because they were ignored.

My only suggestions to you are to get a hearing test with an independent audiologist not associated with an ENT and to perhaps get an MRI done.

slr

dandeteau:

Do you have any side effects from the allegra d?

If so, what?

A friend of mine took Allegra consitantly and her side-affect was the back ache. Any chemical will have a side-affect.
I'm sure noone cares about my history but I have a lot of complications from all that I've tried.
I think you should go back to square 1 and stick with the chiropractor.