Hi all,
Hoping to get some ideas about what might be going on with my right ear!
A bit of history:
In 2016, I went to the ER because I felt like my right eardrum was going to explode. It turned out that I had swimmers ear. It took two rounds of ear medication to finally go away (so about a month to recover). The medication caused the skin inside my right ear to become very sensitive, and I would get random sharp spikes of pain. I went to an ENT and was advised that my skin was just super sensitive and would need time to heal.
Over the years, I've had on and off "aching" feeling in my right ear, but nothing constant. Needless to say, I've seen my GP multiple times to make sure I didn't have another ear infection.
2 weeks ago, I was asleep and felt a sharp pain in my ear and loud thumping. This lasted about 3 seconds. The pain was similar to what I experienced when I had an ear infection.
The pain and thumping noise returned during the day randomly, and was painful, but not as painful as the first time; it only lasted 3 seconds.
I have now experienced this random thumping noise for 2 weeks, and the pain has gone away. It happens at random times during the day, and still only lasts about 3 seconds. The thumping happens much more frequently when sleeping as it affects my dreams.
I have found hiccups and burps sometimes trigger the thumping noise. It only ever last about 3 seconds. But can come in waves when I'm sleeping - for example, 3 second thumping, then a minute later, thumping for another 3 seconds, etc.
I went to an ENT the other day and they said nothing looked unusual with my ear, and that it is probably pulsatile tinnitus and nothing to worry about.
However, I just don't think it's my pulse I'm hearing. I have a very slow pulse, and the noise I hear sounds like a fairly fast thumping. Very confusing and annoying!
Hoping to get some ideas about what might be going on with my right ear!
A bit of history:
In 2016, I went to the ER because I felt like my right eardrum was going to explode. It turned out that I had swimmers ear. It took two rounds of ear medication to finally go away (so about a month to recover). The medication caused the skin inside my right ear to become very sensitive, and I would get random sharp spikes of pain. I went to an ENT and was advised that my skin was just super sensitive and would need time to heal.
Over the years, I've had on and off "aching" feeling in my right ear, but nothing constant. Needless to say, I've seen my GP multiple times to make sure I didn't have another ear infection.
2 weeks ago, I was asleep and felt a sharp pain in my ear and loud thumping. This lasted about 3 seconds. The pain was similar to what I experienced when I had an ear infection.
The pain and thumping noise returned during the day randomly, and was painful, but not as painful as the first time; it only lasted 3 seconds.
I have now experienced this random thumping noise for 2 weeks, and the pain has gone away. It happens at random times during the day, and still only lasts about 3 seconds. The thumping happens much more frequently when sleeping as it affects my dreams.
I have found hiccups and burps sometimes trigger the thumping noise. It only ever last about 3 seconds. But can come in waves when I'm sleeping - for example, 3 second thumping, then a minute later, thumping for another 3 seconds, etc.
I went to an ENT the other day and they said nothing looked unusual with my ear, and that it is probably pulsatile tinnitus and nothing to worry about.
However, I just don't think it's my pulse I'm hearing. I have a very slow pulse, and the noise I hear sounds like a fairly fast thumping. Very confusing and annoying!
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