Bad Day! Help!

[Danika]

Hi
My ears feel so clogged and in the morning I sometimes have clear fluid in my ears....just a small amount.
I feel like I'm more congested the last couple days I feel some pressure around my eyes and can hear my ears popping when I swallow sometimes and today the ringing is very high pitched....not really louder but high pitched and it's the high pitched sound that can scare me.

Can people really get use to that sound?

Could this at least get better when the congestion goes away after giving birth.

Can I live a happy life if this is here to stay

I want to be a good wife and good mother and enjoy my family!!!

Also I am terrified that this will get worse when I deliver....I have a scheduled c section....

 

[GregCA]

My ears feel so clogged and in the morning I sometimes have clear fluid in my ears....just a small amount.

Where do you find this fluid? Does it come out of your ear canal?

 

[Danika]

Yes
It's like I feel a little wetness in my ear and use my pinky or a q tip just inside both ears and there is clear fluid...no smell

I told the nurse practitioner at the ENTs and she said wax.....but I don't remember ever having this fluid before all of this

 

[GregCA]

Yes
It's like I feel a little wetness in my ear and use my pinky or a q tip just inside both ears and there is clear fluid...no smell

Clear is a bit strange. The wax I have seen tends to have some kind of yellowish tone, and have some thick spots.

 

[mysterygal]

Perhaps, a good idea would be to see another ENT. Please don't use q-tips. That's how I ended up in this situation.

 

[Danika]

I made another appointment
I only use the q tip on the very outside of the opening to collect the fluid

 

[Samantha R]

Does sound strange....
Even when I've had a bad cold, I've never had fluid coming out my ears.
Good chance when this clears up your tinnitus should settle.

Make sure you tell the anaesthetist about your tinnitus before the c-section and also your obstetrician so you don't receive any ototoxic medication - pain relief or antibiotics.