My nausea that sometimes had be grabbing ahold of objects do that I don't fall over may but thought first of soon was down to pain, because a previous GP told me.
Lately I stated on here that it now looks like that it is down to Fibromyalgia?
However our did but occur to me that out could be down to the ear problem?!
Looking up the details if the Eustachian Tube based on what my latest GP stated I find exactly what he referred to and it describes perfectly the symptoms I get in my ear with the crackling and dulled hearing as if one side of my head is under water. The Sudafed he gave me did not work so I will go back and see him before long.
Well it turns out what he described is a condition and has a name, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, or ETD. The link below describes how the tubes can become blocked and whereas the tube opens up while chewing or swallowing among other things it ceases to do this. When this happens it will fill up with fluid and sound as though you are under water?!
However the bit I do not get with this is that mine flips back and forth from almost normal hearing, albeit slightly lower than the left, to very, VERY dull hearing?!
Why does it not just block up entirely with fluid?
Why does it happen far more often in the winter when it is cold and damp??
It is dulled right now as I type this.
There its one other thing I should really note down and should tell the GP when I see him if I bloody remember. That is that I do have a slight discharge at times and that it has an odd sweet odour to it.
Maybe that may turn out to be a key point whereas nothing else has previously and I get sent away?!
"Typical presenting complaints include aural fullness, hearing loss, tinnitus, dysequilibrium, intermittent sharp pain, a sensation of fluid in the ear, sustained pain (if blockage results in an ear infection), and difficulty popping the ears. Symptoms, which can last from a few hours to several months, typically are intermittent and can be temporarily relieved by swallowing, yawning, or chewing."
http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/chronic-dysfunction-of-the-eustachian-tube/article/131610/
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