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Breathing and ringing in ears

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SeaShellBee
SeaShellBee

This is my last hope of finding a solution. I've tried everything.

My right ear has done this thing on and off ever since I can remember. My doctor thought it was due to swollen tonsils but the meds he gave me didn't help. The closest I can come up with is a patulous Eustachian tube, but again my doctor didn't see anything wrong with my ear. He said it looks totally normal.

I've seen him twice, but don't want to go again as he obviously didn't find a solution. And I'm broke...

But for about two months now (the longest this has ever happened) every single day, usually most of the day starting right when I wake up or soon after, it stars. Sometimes with ringing, sometimes it's just my heartbeat or a thumping. But most of the time it sounds like breathing. I know this sounds crazy but it literally sounds (and actually feels) like my ear has become a second nose.

It only happens when my mouth is closed and I'm breathing out my nose. If I'm breathing completely out of my mouth, or plugging my ear, I can't hear it. It always feels stuffy even though it's not. I haven't had a cold in I don't know how long. I clean my ears enough that it wouldn't be built up earwax, but not so much that stuff can get in there. Lying down on that side doesn't help, putting my head between my legs doesn't help. Drinking more water hasn't helped. I've tried multiple antihistamines and the doxycycline my doctor had me try.

I can't stand it anymore. It is literally driving me to insanity. I'm already mentally ill and this does not help my state of mind. It LITERALLY makes me have panic attacks and takes away from a quality life. I don't know how to explain this anymore.

Someone please help me.

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  • prashanth_30033
    prashanth_30033 SeaShellBee

    Posted

    Same problem i have that wind sound in ear every time I breath by closing my mouth... What about your condition now ... It has been cured or...

    Give me suggestions...

    • dizzyear
      dizzyear prashanth_30033

      Posted

      Hi Prashanth,

      Sounds like patulous eustachian tube (PET).  Hearing your nasil breathing is one of the symptoms.  For many people this goes away when laying down or bending over.   Lots of info online to review.

  • gogetfucked
    gogetfucked SeaShellBee

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    I’ve had this issue of hearing what virtually sounds like someone breathing in my inner ear - and yet it’s almost like you might imagine hearing yourself breath maybe if you had your ears submerged in a bath and you were listening to your own breathing. It’s usually in one ear but I think can be occassionly be in both. I don’t get it much now thankfully but every blue moon it crops up day or night. It used to scare me when I was a kid but I’ve gotten used to it . I’m 57 now. I know others can’t hear it because I’d ask siblings in the old days (topping , or topping and tailing in bed) and they couldn’t hear anything - and in other situations too . I’ve stopped breathing and the sound continues. I’ve tested it for sync with my heartbeats but nada - no synchronicity there either. Ive never had any ear problems at all in my life and mostly have had pretty good health and no nasal congestion or anything like that . 

    It just starts ( some times strong sometimes faintly but it’s a very rhythmical breathing type of pattern) and then it just fades away after say a few minutes 5-10. 

    One time however it started while I was in a position to feel (for no particularly memorable reason either) a blood vessel pulsating in my head area - and I discovered there was a synchronicity ... but it only happened once for me , which is the shame ( I think in the last 5 years) as repetition of it would’ve  confirmed to me a definite relationship there . 

    Doctors have never found any thing wrong with my ears when they’ve checked me out . 

    I’m no doc but I wonder if it’s the blood vessel pulsating pressure which may be slightly behind the heart given the anatomical distance heart to head vessels ... buggered if I know ... I’m just throwing it out there . 

    What I have come to feel after that is that it’s not some spirit inhabiting my inner ear (I used to wonder and be scared by it  when a kid ; but as I got older it’s just been more a source of constant mystery and wonderment to me) and occassionly breathing inside my ear for some strange communication reason - now I’m pretty confident there’s an underlying physical cause to it  .

  • michael70532
    michael70532 SeaShellBee

    Posted

    Patulous Eustachean tube is the first thought that came to mind for me.. i've seen some good comments about something called Patul End, its a spray that i saw online to be effective in thickening the opening end of the Eustachean tube and reduces symptoms of PETD. Give it a research.. i hope things get better for you..

  • abhijeet237
    abhijeet237 SeaShellBee

    Posted

    Feeling the wind throung my ear during deep breaths. It feels like air is also travelling through my left ( left ear mainly ).

     Got checked with ENT- ear is clean and ear drum is also OK. Any suggestions ????

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