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    Skin Care Routine That Doesn't Aggravate Tinnitus

    Hi all, I didn’t see a relevant thread that was active regarding skin care routines. As you know, skin is one of our largest organs and has important an important function! It is then befitting for us to treat it with great care, as our other health and internal physical concerns. As I...
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    Gardasil Vaccine & Tinnitus

    Dear Dr. Nagler, Yesterday while at my GP’s office I received 1 out of 3 of the shots of the Gardasil vaccines to protect against HPV. I mentioned my tinnitus but of course the doctor assured that she had no knowledge of it making tinnitus worse. My question is how should we as people with...
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    Ear Infection: Fluid and Noise Distortion

    Hello Dr. Nagler, I recently acquired tinnitus in January of 2020 from a concert and I’m assuming years of loud noise. Since then the tinnitus has remained fairly the same. Last Sunday I developed an ear infection while battling a, what I perceived as a mild cold. So mild, I wasn’t using any...
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    Decadron (Oral Dexamethasone) Experiences? Good or Bad for Tinnitus?

    It’s a steroid of some kind. I was prescribed oral version of it along with some antibiotics for my ear infection. Supposed to help with the fluid and inflammation. Anyone have experience? I searched the forum but only found mentions of it being injected. I haven’t taken it yet but thinking...
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    Can an Ear Infection Cause Hyperacusis?

    I noticed third day into my ear infection that sounds that normally didn’t bother me seem so LOUD. Toilet flushing. Doors closing. I believe this may be hyperacusis. I didn’t have this before. Does this go away or am I stuck with this? I’m hoping it’ll go with the infection.
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    Ear Infection and Pink Eye — Will Antibiotics Bring Down My Worsened Tinnitus and Ear Fullness?

    I have already had tinnitus for a month from concert... managed to catch a cold despite my best attempts not to. I was doing horribly, then ok. Then horrible, then ok mentally with the tinnitus. Now I have an ear infection in my left ear. Just barely started my antibiotics, I’m hoping the...
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    Any Experience with Birth Control Pills (Ortho Tri Cyclen) and Tinnitus?

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone with tinnitus has any experience with birth control pills? Specifically if it made it worse or didn’t affect it. I’ve been on Ortho Tri Cyclen for 3-4 years and recently acquired the tinnitus from noise (concert), so it didn’t cause it, but I’m more...
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    Tapering Off Tramadol Due to Ototoxicity — Experiences?

    Hi, I recently got tinnitus from a concert. I have been taking Tramadol as a pain relief pill prior to the tinnitus. After finding out it’s ototoxic, I've been worried. I was already beginning to taper off it but now I'm anxious too. I am down to one pill a day. Last night I tried to do a half...
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    Tinnitus from Loud Concert — Doctor Suspects Costochondritis & Presribed Steroids and Ibuprofen

    Hello all, My name is Shelby. I just recently... and I mean very recently developed tinnitus from a very loud concert. Now I know this was idiotic of me but even when I first walked in I realized I hadn’t brought any ear protection, which I’ve recently started doing. This was the loudest and...