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Ear Fully Blocked, Dizziness, Numbness In That Side Of Head, Facial Pain. Reason?
hi doc,, this happened a few times.... all of a sudden my ear will full full almost blocked and then I will get dizzy,, and it almost feels as if that side of my head goes numb and also get abit of facial pain and it goes away,,,,wondering what that is saw an ent doctor a few months back , did a check up (general) and he said it all looked good. Thanks
Fri, 16 Aug 2013
hello and welcome to HCM,
In accordance to your symptoms, i can tell you that there are a plethora of harmless treatable causes for your condition but also that there are equal or more number of ominous causes for the same!
With that in mind lets go through a few things which can put your mind at ease:
1. Get a full audiological work up after ear examination
2. Get a CT of the temporal bone which can rule out any mass lesion
3. Get a list of the vestibular rehabilitation exercise and do them frequently
if the attacks are recurrent then you need to start on proper anti vertigo medications depending on your symptoms
take care
Dr Sriram Nathan
In accordance to your symptoms, i can tell you that there are a plethora of harmless treatable causes for your condition but also that there are equal or more number of ominous causes for the same!
With that in mind lets go through a few things which can put your mind at ease:
1. Get a full audiological work up after ear examination
2. Get a CT of the temporal bone which can rule out any mass lesion
3. Get a list of the vestibular rehabilitation exercise and do them frequently
if the attacks are recurrent then you need to start on proper anti vertigo medications depending on your symptoms
take care
Dr Sriram Nathan
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