Persistant earache and infection-FAO Sqad

[jasmin26]

Sqad,not sure if you remember but for a while towards the end of last year i was having problems with one ear infection after the other. Went to docs on numerous occasions and was given a vast array of sprays, drops and antibiotics which all worked for a short time. I woke up this morning with really bad pain in my left ear again.Could this be something more sinister or am I worrying with no good reason ? TIA Jasmin.

[Sqad]

I remember your problem well...we came to the conclusion that it was otitis externa and it was a condition that was often resistant to treatment.

If the earache is associated with a normal ear examination, then something more sinister could be contemplated.........but this is not the situation with your good self.

Your GP will certainly have a look and certainly, without discharge from your ear,nothing sinister comes to mind.

Keep us informed.

[jasmin26]

Sqad i forgot to say my ear feels really sticky too

[Sqad]

OK...that confirms an infection..............nothing sinister.

[emmie]

Jasmin
apologies for butting in, only have had same problem, and still not resolved, ear ache comes and goes, and muffled hearing, then hear crackling and a slight watery sensation, so perhaps you can advise us both, as any help on this is really appreciated.

[Sqad]

em.....two entirely different disease processes.

[jasmin26]

thats great thanks Sqad.

[emmie]

sqad, fair enough, anything apart from going back to the ENT man i could do to help it.

[Sqad]

em....nothing......an ENT diagnosis needs to be made before any treatment is embarked upon.

[emmie]

Have an appointment with them sometime in feb, I had wanted to get this resolved, it's contributed to overall feeling of ill health. Still have a bad virus, and that has not improved, so back to the drawing board,
thank you all the same, hope you are on the mend.

[Sqad]

em...fine thanks.............frustrating that i am not allowed to drive the car as yet.

[emmie]

good thing too, men can be such awful drivers, are you a backseat nag, that would be funny.

[Nibble]

Ola Squad, not much driving on the island..... Cuitadela===>Mao 56ms, turn round come back. Have a good break though. :-))

[Nibble]

^ sorry about that jasmin. ;-}

[Ann]

<<frustrating that i am not allowed to drive the car as yet>>
Sqad just sit around and rest and enjoy that lovely sunshine, its dull, damp and miserable here :(

[Sqad]

ann/nibble.........good job snooker is on TV LOL

[Ann]

Yes my OH is watching - but I'd rather be watching it in the sunshine!

[Eve]

Ear infections, in my experience, can keep recurring - I had a really bad run of them when I was young, just one after another but they eventually cleared up, probably just finding the right meds to shift it properly (though one turned me really pink, remember getting dragged across town to an emergency doctors appointment with people going on about scarlet fever, was a reaction to the antibiotics!). Hope it clears for you soon!

[jasmin26]

got another appointment at doctors on Friday so will let you know how i get on.

[jasmin26]

more drops, antibiotics and swabs taken so will get results in 10 days approx so hopefully find out why i am getting all these infections.