Posted by: Fiend2
Ear infection/Ruptured ear drum - 03/27/15 10:00 PM
Anybody ever rupture an ear drum??
I got an ear infection from hell. I was in agony for 4 days. The ear canal swelled completely shut. The swelling was putting pressure on my lower jaw and pushed my jaw alignment out of whack so I couldn't seat my upper and lower teeth together properly when I closed my mouth. I got a doctors appointment and then the night before the appointment something gave and the fluid started draining. The swelling went down marginally but I was still in some intense pain....like ice pick stabbing into my ear kind of pain. I went to doctor and the ear drum ruptured. I'm 95% deaf in my right ear at the moment. I'm going on 6 days with very loud ringing or a tone in the bad ear like if you shoot a .45 in a small closed garage without hearing protection except its not going away. I'm told the eardrum usually grows back on its own in a couple months. This partial deafness shit sucks balls. I can't hear my fucking loud alarm clock. If any noise comes from my right side I can't hear it. The fucking ear is constantly leaking fluid in a slow steady stream that will run down my neck if I don't keep the ear packed with cottonballs. I have to change the cotton every 20 to 30 minutes. The pain just started easing off this morning but I still get a random intense stab of pain shoot through the ear into my skull. The fucking loud noises I can't hear in the bad ear will still cause pain in the bad ear as well. I came so close to losing my shit this past week and fucking somebody up.
The doctor prescribed an oral antibiotic and some antibiotic drops for the infection. He says once the infection is under control the ear drum *SHOULD* start to repair itself BUT if it doesn't he's going to have to pass me along to a specialist. That means I'm going to be deaf in my right ear because I got no insurance and can't afford the doctor I went to let alone a specialist.
I got an ear infection from hell. I was in agony for 4 days. The ear canal swelled completely shut. The swelling was putting pressure on my lower jaw and pushed my jaw alignment out of whack so I couldn't seat my upper and lower teeth together properly when I closed my mouth. I got a doctors appointment and then the night before the appointment something gave and the fluid started draining. The swelling went down marginally but I was still in some intense pain....like ice pick stabbing into my ear kind of pain. I went to doctor and the ear drum ruptured. I'm 95% deaf in my right ear at the moment. I'm going on 6 days with very loud ringing or a tone in the bad ear like if you shoot a .45 in a small closed garage without hearing protection except its not going away. I'm told the eardrum usually grows back on its own in a couple months. This partial deafness shit sucks balls. I can't hear my fucking loud alarm clock. If any noise comes from my right side I can't hear it. The fucking ear is constantly leaking fluid in a slow steady stream that will run down my neck if I don't keep the ear packed with cottonballs. I have to change the cotton every 20 to 30 minutes. The pain just started easing off this morning but I still get a random intense stab of pain shoot through the ear into my skull. The fucking loud noises I can't hear in the bad ear will still cause pain in the bad ear as well. I came so close to losing my shit this past week and fucking somebody up.
The doctor prescribed an oral antibiotic and some antibiotic drops for the infection. He says once the infection is under control the ear drum *SHOULD* start to repair itself BUT if it doesn't he's going to have to pass me along to a specialist. That means I'm going to be deaf in my right ear because I got no insurance and can't afford the doctor I went to let alone a specialist.