So, it all started on 5/16/20, a week ago from today. I noticed there was earwax in my right ear and my ear felt as if it was blocked, so my girlfriend poured a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide in my ear. We did this twice, however after draining the second time I noticed my ear started to ring.
Shortly after this occurred, I went to my local urgent care where I received a very rough cold/hot ear irrigation that removed the wax from both ears but left my right ear ringing very loud. When I got home I started to experience extreme spinning and dizziness that caused me to constantly throw up, this landed me in the emergency rooms on two separate occasions that same day of 5/17/20. At the hospital they told me that I had vertigo and it could have been caused by the irrigation I had received. The doctor prescribed me meds to control the nausea and spinning and gave me exercises to do as well. After I did these things I found my vertigo symptoms eased but the ringing in my ear persisted.
So the day after on, 5/18/20 I went to my ENT. He then prescribed me prednisone which I have been taking with no improvements until today 5/23/20.
Today is supposedly my last dose in which I will only take one, however there are a lot of pills still left in the bottle, which I'm calling him about taking today. I also scheduled an appointment with a different ENT at a better hospital for a second opinion on my ear.
I'm still fully unable to hear out of my right ear and the ringing seems to be be just as loud as it was after the irrigation. I'm a 19 year old male, that has never had any ear problems and 6 days in to this incident my balance is still off today along with the tinnitus still being very bothersome.
What are my chances of recovering my hearing/tinnitus going away?
And is this unbalanced feeling a result from my vertigo not being fully over, or the sudden deafness and tinnitus I now have in my right ear?
This is all very new and scary to me as I have a long promising life ahead of me. Any advice or comments are greatly appreciated.
Shortly after this occurred, I went to my local urgent care where I received a very rough cold/hot ear irrigation that removed the wax from both ears but left my right ear ringing very loud. When I got home I started to experience extreme spinning and dizziness that caused me to constantly throw up, this landed me in the emergency rooms on two separate occasions that same day of 5/17/20. At the hospital they told me that I had vertigo and it could have been caused by the irrigation I had received. The doctor prescribed me meds to control the nausea and spinning and gave me exercises to do as well. After I did these things I found my vertigo symptoms eased but the ringing in my ear persisted.
So the day after on, 5/18/20 I went to my ENT. He then prescribed me prednisone which I have been taking with no improvements until today 5/23/20.
Today is supposedly my last dose in which I will only take one, however there are a lot of pills still left in the bottle, which I'm calling him about taking today. I also scheduled an appointment with a different ENT at a better hospital for a second opinion on my ear.
I'm still fully unable to hear out of my right ear and the ringing seems to be be just as loud as it was after the irrigation. I'm a 19 year old male, that has never had any ear problems and 6 days in to this incident my balance is still off today along with the tinnitus still being very bothersome.
What are my chances of recovering my hearing/tinnitus going away?
And is this unbalanced feeling a result from my vertigo not being fully over, or the sudden deafness and tinnitus I now have in my right ear?
This is all very new and scary to me as I have a long promising life ahead of me. Any advice or comments are greatly appreciated.
