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Consultation: Ear Infection
Dr Christian Jessen examines a patient suffering from something nasty in her ears, in this consultation from series one of Embarrassing Illnesses. After the results from the lab come back, it seems the patient has an infection more usually found elsewhere on the body!
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About a year ago i was struck down with very bad dizziness, weakness, fainting, slight vomiting at times and constant headaches. I visited the doctor 4times in 4weeks who the first time i saw him diagnosed me with vertigo syndrome and anxiety. he gave me SERC 8mg for the vertigo which never worked. After about 3months it started to fade out so i assumed i was ok.just over a week ago it all started again but worse this time. I have been sick only once so far but have a constant headache and servere dizziness which i have for about 15-20hours per day! I get a slight high pitched noise in 1 ear from time to time and i can also get some tunnel vision every now and then! sometimes i have panic attacks when this happens and would love any advise or help anyone can give me. thanks
I HAVE EAR PAIN AND A STICKEY GLU TYPE OF GUNGE RAN OUT ,I ALSO HAVE A BAD PAIN AND A STIFF NECK RIGHT DOWN TO MY SHOULDER .I HAVE HAD A LOT OF STRESS IS THAT THE CAUSE . MANY THANKS WE THINK YOUR SHOW IS VERY GOOD .YOU MUST BE HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE .
I keep getting a lump inside my ear it has happend 3/4 times now it it there for like a week and its really sore then all of a sudden it will pop and loads of yellow stuff cums out i know not very nice,, does anyone know what it is??? ps dont want to go to my docs :)
i have had severe dizzness problems on and off over the past few years and never new what it was i then got it again more worse than i have ever had it i had to call an on call doctor out as i could not move as i lost my balance when i stood up and felt sick with the dizziness the doctor said i had an innerear infection they gave me tablets that were called prochlorperazine to help as they said it was called labrynthitus(may not be spelt right)but took them for 5 days and they did nothing to help i am still suffering and off work now as they said there is nothing they can do. Please help and give some advice if you can?thank you.
I've suffered with really bad ear infections for the some years. no one help until hearing aid specialist told me called "surfer ear" mean bone grower inside ear canal cause bad infections like boil. I am profoundly deaf and ear canal better with hearing aid on stopping swim at surf beach for too cold old now. I love swim at surf for many years.
I have alot of ear wax it makes it hard to hear people or my music, I even had to have my ears Syringed. Am I normal? And what can I do? Please help me.
I have had a severe ear infection in both ears for the past 30 years. I had to go to the hospital to have them hoovered for a week that was 30 years ago. The skin grows five times quicker than normal causing them to be cracked on the outer ear . the middle ear is always blocked with yellow smelly creamy puss. I have had creamsallmy lif but when I dont use them it jut flares up again. When I lie down i go deaf nd i am always breathng in holding my nose to try to clear the ai way into my ear.
what should i do a few yeahs afo i had to get an opraion done onmy ears to help me here but when i got it done it helped but then these things fell out but i feel something ratterling what shall i do it hurts
I've had an ear problem for about 3 weeks, it first started as vertigo, then i woke up one morning with a bad ear pain in 1 ear. I went to A&E and they said i had a rather inflamed eardrum and gave me an antibiotic and some pain killers, followed by a weeks supply of difloflenic. i returned to the doctors who told me that i had glue ear, so now i am taking antyhystermines, nose spray and erthymycin so what happens if the ear infection does not clear up?
I have had many ear infectins, and this one I have had since last summer. Even being under the hospital has not got rid of it. I had a swab done, and this ear infection is a coliform infection. Even the medications for this ear infection has not cleared it. I really am fed up. I hearing is now bad.
