So about 2.5 weeks ago I started getting a slight ringing in my right ear. I'm figuring it's allergies, as I've been struggling with intense sinus pressure and stuff like that. I take Zyrtec, but that wasn't helping.
I went to the ENT and he said that there wasn't any fluid in my ear, but my adenoids were inflamed from mono that I had two months ago and and that combined with my bad allergies they were messing with my ears. So I started using Nasacort and angling so that it's getting to my Eustachian tube, then using the Valsalva maneuver. He also put me on prednisone for 12 days to shrink my adenoids.
When I swallow or use the Valsalva, I can hear a lot of clicking and this weird squelching sound in my ears. The ringing has also come and gone, like last week the ringing in my right ear stopped for two days then it came back. However, my left ear has started ringing now this past week, which is really annoying me. It has a different tone than my right ear, and it is a little bit louder. I've only been using the steroid spray for a week so I should probably give it more time, but my left ear is really annoying. I've also noticed that my ears aren't popping as easily, especially my left one, where the ringing is fairly new. I feel like it has constant pressure or just some feeling of obstruction. When I Valsalva or pop my ears, the ringing in my right ear changes too, like the tone and volume. My left one doesn't change when I do this, however.
When I wake up in the morning, my left ear seems like it's not ringing, but my right is loudly. Then when I do the Valsalva, the right ear volume decreases but the left increases. Sometimes when I do that I can hear like a sticky popping, like a squelch it's so strange.
This is driving me mad. I'm going to continue using the steroid spray and I also got an antihistamine nasal spray.
Hopefully things will go away soon, as the pollen has been insane this week. Any suggestions?
Edit: Like 5 seconds ago my ear popped out of nowhere and the tone of the ringing in the left ear changed...
I went to the ENT and he said that there wasn't any fluid in my ear, but my adenoids were inflamed from mono that I had two months ago and and that combined with my bad allergies they were messing with my ears. So I started using Nasacort and angling so that it's getting to my Eustachian tube, then using the Valsalva maneuver. He also put me on prednisone for 12 days to shrink my adenoids.
When I swallow or use the Valsalva, I can hear a lot of clicking and this weird squelching sound in my ears. The ringing has also come and gone, like last week the ringing in my right ear stopped for two days then it came back. However, my left ear has started ringing now this past week, which is really annoying me. It has a different tone than my right ear, and it is a little bit louder. I've only been using the steroid spray for a week so I should probably give it more time, but my left ear is really annoying. I've also noticed that my ears aren't popping as easily, especially my left one, where the ringing is fairly new. I feel like it has constant pressure or just some feeling of obstruction. When I Valsalva or pop my ears, the ringing in my right ear changes too, like the tone and volume. My left one doesn't change when I do this, however.
When I wake up in the morning, my left ear seems like it's not ringing, but my right is loudly. Then when I do the Valsalva, the right ear volume decreases but the left increases. Sometimes when I do that I can hear like a sticky popping, like a squelch it's so strange.
This is driving me mad. I'm going to continue using the steroid spray and I also got an antihistamine nasal spray.
Hopefully things will go away soon, as the pollen has been insane this week. Any suggestions?
Edit: Like 5 seconds ago my ear popped out of nowhere and the tone of the ringing in the left ear changed...
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