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eustachian tube dysfunction
i have suffered with eustachian tube dysfunction for over 10 years now i am sick to death of it. my ears are constantly blocked resulting in me alway having to hold me breath and such my ears in cosing great discomfort and the majority of he time i have to do this over and over again and they are still popped i fear i am going to burst my ear drum one day doing this and the fustratration from this causes me to think that id be better off having my ears taken off completly not to mention how stupid i look when i have to pop my ears back in. every time i do it im pulling muscles in my back also resulting in my back suffering now. ive been with the ENT now for 6 years they basicaaly look at me clean my ears out and whisk me off no one ever takes the time to sit down and explain the condition i have apart from ear wax. it took them 4 years to give me a name to this condition and once i got told there is surgery but its a 50 50 chance that it could make it worse also. i see a different doc all the time there and they all have to be reminded of my condition and all of them have differnt oppinions. ive told my GP i want to see the same doc all the time so we can come to some sort of resolution for this problem but she says thats not possible on the NHS. can you please give me advice on what my options are for getting rid of this bloody curse?
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There is so just so much people on this Earth can do. Do you want this condition to go away? Do you wanna be able to live your life in happiness and have to worry about this condition? Then just call on the name of Jesus, and have faith that he will heal you.
Matthew 8:1
When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he was cured[b] of his leprosy.
Jesus Loves you so much and he wants to help you. Just call out his name and asked to be healed. Have faith and know without a shadow of a doubt you will be healed. If you wanna let Jesus into your heart and let him be your Lord and Savior holla bac at me.
P.S. Medicine cannot do what God can do.
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First, you shouldn't try to pop your ears. With ETD air pressure isn't equalized across the ear drum, preventing the middle ear to drain properly. What's making your ears feel plugged-up and like you need to pop them is fluid.
Your doctor could proscribe you some nasal spray to try. This won't always work but it's obviously got less risk than the surgery and if it works for you, does many of the same things the surgery helps to do. You should talk to your doctor about this, he could proscribe you Flonase or something similar.
If that doesn't work... Doctors can put in a drainage tube (a.k.a. myringotomy tube or Eustachian tube) These tubes allow air pressure to equalize across the eardrum. Once air pressure is equalized fluid can drain from the middle ear and your ear will no longer feel plugged-up. You should talk to your doctor about this surgery.
I hope this helps...
<3 Kristin
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You said no one has explained your condition to you... With ETD the eustachian tube is swollen shut or collapsed and the ear drum may retract and fluid will build up in the middle ear. I hope this explains what you needed to know.
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