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Sudden ringing in my left ear along with a slight full feeling and pitch change

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jamesfoley
jamesfoley

So about a week ago when going to sleep I noticed I had a constant ringing in my left ear, which I thought nothing of. It wasn't until the morning when the ringing hadn't gone that I started to worry. That was also when I noticed the fullness and slight hearing loss, so I instantly thought it was wax and tried a couple of days of ear drops to try and shift what ever was in there.

A week later and I'm still experiencing the same issues. I saw a doctor yesterday who informed me I had a slight external ear infection in the ear which he gave me drops for, as well as eustachian tube dysfunction. Apparently it was the eustachian tube dysfunction that was causing the ringing and fullness. At the time that made sense, as the ear just feels like I need to pop it, and it never pops when I hold my nose and try and blow, but today I was able to pop the left ear, though nothing changed.

Does popping the ear not give instant relief of ear ringing? It is really starting to worry me that I have some how caused permanent damage to my ear.

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  • ryan1984
    ryan1984

    Posted

    How you feeling?

    Ryan

  • jamesfoley
    jamesfoley

    Posted

    Not much has changed to be honest, still have the ringing and slight hearing loss/distortion, and I still feel pretty run down.

    There have been the odd couple of moments where I can yawn enough to make my ear kind of open I guess, it makes a lot more crackling noises, and sometimes I feel the ringing changes when this happens, but returns back to the way it was before pretty quick.

    I have to admit that the ringing doesn't bother me half of the time, its the pitch distortion that is more annoying, though that is no where near as bad as it was when I first noticed it.

    Going to give it another two or three days to see if anything improves before I contact a doctor again.

    • heidi_55703
      heidi_55703 jamesfoley

      Posted

      Hi James, absolutely everything you are saying is the same as me, what is happening to us...i just went to bed one night and there it was,....i am in purgatory, its miserable, i now have an appointment at a London hospital for ent, i have constant tinnitus with all the horrible sensations too, its been two and a half months of hell, and what's weirder is the whole thing stopped about three weeks ago for 24 blissful hours, but then all the crappie symptoms came back.....what's happening?

      Heidi

    • jeanette_00444
      jeanette_00444 heidi_55703

      Posted

      i was just wundering how u r av u still got the ringing if yes how do u cope with it any tips
    • emma86290
      emma86290 heidi_55703

      Posted

      Hello Heidi my names emma I was wondering if you still are suffering? I hope your feeling well. I have been suffering for the 4 months with all kinds of different things from ringing pulsating blocked left ear constantly weird feeling in ears. Noise sensitivity it's very hard to deal with it all. I was wondering how things have been for you and I'm hoping your better now. Thank you for your time in reading this .

    • lucy65512
      lucy65512 emma86290

      Posted

      Hi Emma, 

      i have had exactly what your describing for a long time it’s annoying drives you insane I have had pain squelching crackling pulsating high tones, stickyness in ears  and trickerling of fluid finally it is improvin* if you want  to ask me anything please do. 

      Thx 

      Lucy 

  • ryan1984
    ryan1984

    Posted

    Fingers crossed, it gets better soon.
  • ryan1984
    ryan1984

    Posted

    Any improvement?
  • jamesfoley
    jamesfoley

    Posted

    Still no sign of improvment which is slightly worrying. Both ears are still very clicky, my left being far more than the right. Continuous ringing in my left ear, though sometimes it feels quieter. The ringing does seem louder if sounds around me are louder, or if I yawn. I still have the bass sound distortion, as well as sounds seeming higher pitch in my left ear and the feeling of slight fullness.

    I've been told to give it 3 months to go away, if I'm still having issues after that I'd be referred to an ENT.

    • heidi_55703
      heidi_55703 jamesfoley

      Posted

      Hi James. I have exactly the same symptoms as you do, i went to bed one night and had ringing in my ears, tried not to worry about it at the time but over the following two weeks a feeling of something being stuck down inside both ears was there, i had my ears looked at by the doctor and was told i had a lot of ear wax, i did the whole putting oil in my ears for a week then had them syringed, i was convinced that this would stop the ringing, but after having it done, nothing changed, i went back to the doctors and he said i had fluid in my ears and was suffering with Eustachian tube dysfunction, he told me to inhale steam and blow through my ears by pinching my nostrils, he said it could take a couple of months for it to go away, i did everything he told me and more, i read everything i could on etd, i have seen a ent consultant and he was totally useless, all he has done is refer me for a hearing test....so here i am three months on, no better, still ringing, still fullness, still pressure and feeling very very down, i am thinking i am stuck in this horrible place now forever, my happy life ended that night this started and now i live a different one....is there hope ? i don't know, but it does seem that there is a lot of us out there all suffering quitely....so i share your unhappiness, and if I hit on a miracle cure i will share it with you.

      heidi

    • alice77221
      alice77221 heidi_55703

      Posted

      Hi Heidi, I have also had this prob most of my life and just recently after bout of flu but I believe you can get little grommets (hope this is spelled right!) inserted in the ear drum to allow fluid or something called glue ear, to be released. Haven't had it done personally but I know it seems very successful

    • heidi_55703
      heidi_55703 alice77221

      Posted

      Hi alice, thankyou for your reply, actually after i saw my doctor last, he told me that when i see the specialist he will probably suggest grommets, so this gave me some comfort, as i thought after having them inserted all would be well, but unfortunately on the day i saw him my ears had drained quite a bit so no fluid could be seen, so as far as he was concerned i didn't have anything wrong with ears and was just experiencing tinnitus, i left his office in tears.....his bedside manner was sh*t, so tomorrow, after a week of feeling really low, tomorrow i shall be ringing my doctor again and tell him what happened.....also the specialist ( i will use this term loosely) said that all the discomfort, pain, pressure and weird sensations was me putting all my energy to my ear.......so basically saying i was causing these sensations myself......what a sh*tty thing to say to someone...anyway, thankyou again for your reply.

      Heidi x

    • sean60709
      sean60709 heidi_55703

      Posted

      8 months.  Ringing in right war only. Loud at times. Almost two different levels of ringing. Worse in evenings. Had ENT look. Had hearing test. Fullness in right ear on occasion.  Ear drum spasm in occasion. ENT talked about tinnitus but had blood tested for auto immune disorder. Waiting for his results on that.  Had CT Scan of head. All normal. Hearing test proved affected ear slightly worse than left ear.  This is troubling for sure. Some days are worse than others.  Wish someone could tell me something about how this can happen suddenly and then just not go away.  Never exposed to loud noises ever.  
    • alice77221
      alice77221 heidi_55703

      Posted

      Hi Heidi, sorry to hear you had such a strange specialist!  Pity they couldn't experience some of these symptons as I feel they would be a little bit more understanding.  Anyhow, I personally purchased a 'Nutribullet' which pulses fruit and vegetables and I take this every day to boost my immune system, especially over the winter when lots of viruses around.  I have done this many years with a simple juicer (which extracts juice from fruit and veggies) and it really helped.  Alice x

  • francesco1993
    francesco1993 jamesfoley

    Posted

    hello. I say now that I'm Italian and I live in Italy. I registered solely because your symptoms are identical to mine. congested nose, left tinnitus, yawning or swallowing noises inside the ears, sore throat, fever, and sometimes I even purulent mucus. are in these conditions for 3 months. I am 20 years old, no patalogia septal etc. .. perfect body .. all but I started and after the use of wax cones. I hope to be able to understand. I shall see if I can solve hear.
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