clogged ears

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam everyone!

 

Ok, I have a really weird question for you. The past month or two my

right ear has begun to get clogged, like I have water in it. The

strange thing is I'm not swimming or doing anything that would get

water in it, except for showers. I've never had problems with water

in my ears before, ever. I was in the water a lot over the summer

with my kids and didn't have a problem then either. I can't

understand what is going on. It's only my right ear. And today it was

clogged BEFORE I got a shower. I've been using the stuff called

Swimmer's Ear. And it drains it pretty well. But the strange thing

is, it's usually clogged up again before I get my next shower. Its

not a consistent timing thing. Sometimes it will begin to get clogged

up within a few hours of using the Swimmer's Ear, sometimes

overnight, it varies. I can't figure out what's going on.

 

I know this isn't yoga related, but has anyone else had problems like

this? I'm wondering if it's food related. I've been eating more

beans/lentils than normal, but I wouldn't think that that would

affect fluid in the ear. I'm at a loss. And its pretty annoying when

it keeps clogging/unclogging throughout the day.

 

Thanks!

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Christa,

I have had the same problem with my left ear only.

With me it is the sinus condition I think.

The ears are connected to the sinuses and if you have a problem with

congestion, it's possible that it could affect an ear.

With me it would last two or three days, I would have to put the music on

louder...

It bothered me enough that I had my ear checked more than once, the

doctor told me to hold my nose while blowing out, if I heard popping

noises, he said that was a good sign that it would unblock...

That is all the advice he gave me!

It hasn't bothered me for a while but I think that ear is more sensitive

than the other one.

I also cover my head outdoors, keep my ears covered since we have a lot

of wind here where I'm living.

Deanna on West Island

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Sat Nam!

 

I should probably say I'm a first time poster to this list, but

FINALLY something I know a little about ;-)

 

I am not a doctor (IANAD) but my son had something happen a few

years ago that was similar to this. Are you sure your eardrum is in

good shape? My son had perforated his, although it was not known.

He stared to complain of water in his ear. It turned out his ear

drum had been growing into his inner ear and had invaded a sinus

which was draining out that convenient opening. We didn't discover

it until it abcessed, which was actually a lucky thing because now with

surgery (and God's grace) his eardrum has been replaced and he's

regained several decibels of hearing in that ear.

 

Not saying this is your problem, but if I were you I'd consider

having that ear checked by a specialist. We started out asking our

GP about it and that delayed the actual diagnosis by a couple of years

and caused my poor son to have to go through the pain of abcess to

finally figure it out.

 

Danese Cooper

 

On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 10:46 AM, spatialagent1 wrote:

 

> The past month or two my

> right ear has begun to get clogged, like I have water in it.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

i had the same problem too. my ears is clogging on and off.

It is really embarassing and annoying when your ears is clogging and

unclogging and you can not heard that clearly.This is affecting my

social life.( i am scare of dating gals )

 

i usually blow my nose to try unclog my ears. Sometime my sinus is

really bad and i can not unclog my ears. i am also loss at what to

do... i am doing jala neti every morning. it had helped a bit....

thanks.

 

yikai

 

>

> Ok, I have a really weird question for you. The past month or two

my

> right ear has begun to get clogged, like I have water in it. The

[Guest guest]

Sat nam Danese,

Your post struck a chord with me because that's exactly how I lost my

hearing. In my case it went so far as to dissolve the small bones in the inner

ear.

 

LEO

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. The strange thing is that my

sinuses aren't congested at all during these periods. In fact, since

I began doing some of the breathing techniques that I re-posted

awhile ago from Pieter, my head has never been clearer. And that's

what's really confusing me. I also don't have any pain or pressure

associated with it. I know that the ear can be affected by head colds

(which I haven't had in almost 5-6 months) and water in the ear. I'm

assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that since I haven't had any problems

with sinuses that this isn't what's happening with me. But that could

be an incorrect assumption. It hasn't been too bad the past few days,

but I'll see what happens. If it keeps up, I guess I'll have a doctor

take a look at it just to make sure there isn't something wrong.

 

And Danese, thanks for posting! Please feel free to join in whenever

you want!

 

Thanks again everyone!

 

Christa