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I feel a decent amount of pressure in my right eardrum when I yawn. I took a picture and would like to know if what I see is fluid and air Bubbles at the the bottom of the eardrum. I also stuck the camera up my right nostril and would like to know what the white spots are...they are not present in left nostril.
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kadylouise Synthius
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im currently facing the same issue i had ear infection a few weeks ago they gave me ear drops they didnt work so they prescribed me a 5 day course of amoxacillin they didnt work however i have been back been referred to ENT but i do have a hole in my ear drum apparently which is caused by the fluid build up i am still facing the issues and its driving me mad
dannysarruby kadylouise
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Sorry to say ENT is a slloowwww service. Only classed as chronic after 3 months of fluid in the ear. Before I got sepsis and had IV, ENT had me on 16 courses of antibiotics with no improvement.
kadylouise dannysarruby
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yeah my doctor said there is a 6-8 week waiting list to see ENT 😦
dannysarruby kadylouise
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6-8 weeks is a pretty average for ENT.
It's a massively busy service.
Check your hospital specs, if your ear infection gets worse, wait until the weekend and go to an urgent care centre. They'll call the on-call ENT for advise on treatment. Sometimes the ENT teams in certain hospitals run an ENT Casulty Clinic on weekdays, in addition to GP rough e and urgent referrals.
Amoxicillin is super broad and generally ear infection would be Psudomonas so it would probably be ineffective depending on gram negative/positive.
The more obvious treatment would be Gentamicin, Ciprofloxacin but probs a 5-7 day course of co-amoxiclav would be the preferred choice for ENT advice through urgent care without swab results of ear (co-amoxiclav is strongest broad spectrum oral antibiotic) then swab should be taken for culture sensitivities to find out exactly what bacteria it is and which antibiotics it is sensitive to
PM me if you want more advise
dannysarruby Synthius
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Synthius, your ear looks fine, pink tissue, possibly small irritation to the lower tissue but that will very likely be due to you using a camera by yourself and without training.
White spots probably excess tissue. No redness or swelling, normal tissue colour by looking at your picture.
If you're worried, see an ENT specialist but using cameras when you're not trained and when you are using it on yourself is considered to be dangerous. The tissue is very delicate, same as your eardrum membrane is very thin and easily punctured.
My advise is it looks fine but dont go poking around when you're not trained to use the equipment and see a specialist if you're worried.