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Woke up with odd "full" ear feeling and ringing?

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john42248
john42248

I woke up today and my right ear felt very unusual. It feels as though it is blocked or full, as though there is a headphone in it. However, sound it picks up isn't really muffled, as it would be with impacted wax. Instead it just feels like it's blocked...

There is also a type of ringing in my ear whenever I move my head in certain ways, or if there's no sound. What could this be? Tinnitus? Should I be worried at all?

I cleaned my ears yesterday (for the first time in a while) so would that have anything to do with it?

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  • john42248
    john42248

    Posted

    EDIT:

    When lying down, it seems to relieve itself until I sit/stand up. Other than cleaning my ears, my usual levels of sound I'm exposed to were no different recently to any other time for the past decade.

  • maureen05275
    maureen05275 john42248

    Posted

    Hello John

    Has this problem now gone away?  If not, could you please explain what you mean by saying "it feels ... like there is a headphone in it".

    Maureen

     

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