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What Causes Clogged Feeling In The Ears?
I ve had the feeling of clogged ears for about 2 1/2-3 weeks. The pressure seems to shift from ear to ear, back & forth ever so often. Went to walk in clinic 2 weeks ago & they prescribed me corridor in anti inflammatory ear drops but said they saw no infection, just inflamed ear canals. Took some Allegra D for a week & seemed to go away. I ran out of the allergy medicine & then clogged feeling came back. Is this just allergies or could it be something worse?
Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Hi,
This clogged feeling can be secondary to:-
- Persistent allergy. Here apart from anti allergic drug histamine blocker pills are given.
- Recurrent sinus involvement
- Need anti-allergic with decongestant & vapor inhalation.
- Miner injury to ear drum causing it's inflammation where both nasal & ear drops (anti-inflammatory) would help with anti inflammatory pills otc.
- Some neurogenic cause like spondylitis at cervical spine will show such a symptom. It needs specified treatment with physiotherapy. Please discuss this with your ENT doctor & get specified & suitable treatment after actual physical examination
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
This clogged feeling can be secondary to:-
- Persistent allergy. Here apart from anti allergic drug histamine blocker pills are given.
- Recurrent sinus involvement
- Need anti-allergic with decongestant & vapor inhalation.
- Miner injury to ear drum causing it's inflammation where both nasal & ear drops (anti-inflammatory) would help with anti inflammatory pills otc.
- Some neurogenic cause like spondylitis at cervical spine will show such a symptom. It needs specified treatment with physiotherapy. Please discuss this with your ENT doctor & get specified & suitable treatment after actual physical examination
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale, General & Family Physician
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