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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2006/07
From: philfrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Re: inner ear fluid problem
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:08:10 -0400
I once cane down with a cold during a vacation and had to fly home
while I was still somewhat sick. When the flight landed, one of my ears
didn't unplug! Two or three weeks later, it still hadn't unplugged.
Fortunately, the decongestant strategy worked. If one brand doesn't do
the trick, perhaps another will? Also, it's easy to get allergy
medications (antihistimines and decongestants) mixed up.
However, second opinion might be useful. If there is not a clear cause,
it's often easy to attribute something to the "expected," in your case
the known small canal, when something less expected might be going on,
especially if the "expected" solution doesn't work.
- Phil Freihofner
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:30:52 -0500
To: "doublereed-l" <doublereed@-----.org>
From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subject: inner ear fluid problem
Message-ID: <004601c6a49a$69db33d0$6601a8c0@DELL>
Maybe our Dr. Dawson can give some advice on this one, too.
I have had fluid blocking my inner left ear canal for over a month. My
regular MD said I'd have to wait for a full month before I saw an ENT
specialist. So I did. The ENT said I should take decongestant pills
(like
Sudafed) for two more weeks and see how that went before outpatient
surgery
to unblock it. He also said I have a small canal (which I knew already)
and
a bend in it.
I don't hear as well as I do normally; it's like wearing a foam ear
plug all
the time in one ear. Needless to say, I can't judge dynamics or tone
quality
very well, although with teaching beginners, that can be an advantage!
Fortunately, it's not painful and not infected, just annoying.
I'm thinking of getting a second opinion from another specialist.
I've never had this before, at least as an adult, and don't remember
having
ear problems as a child either.
Might there be any other way to clear this besides surgery? Or perhaps
an
extra delicate way to puncture the ear drum? There is no garuntee the
ear
drum will heal over, I was told. And there would be some risk of
infection.
The decongestants don't seem to be doing anything.
Thanks,
Miriam
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