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Dr_Mike

Oct 21, 2010

To: all suffers

I am working on a theory behind Eustachian tube problems and would like to ask a few questions, do any of you also suffer from;

Crooked teeth (very likely),
Tempromandibular joint problems (less likely),
Snoring and sleep apnoea (quite likely),
Had problems with Tonsils and Adenoids (adenoids) (quite likely)
Have a froward head posture (quite likely).

I've indicated what I expect but if you do have time, could you comment on all of them to be more scientific.
It would be very useful for me to know.
Thank you very much.
Mike

JimBean315

Oct 22, 2010

To: Dr Mike

I know my ETD is due to neck and back posture. I have been to a point where I could extend my jaw and pop both ears while in a forced correct head position. If I slump my head I get no pops. I straighten up again my tube will pop to drain fluid. A chiropractor has been a great help.

At 69 it is very hard for me to correct my posture. I can't just stand up straight, it won't work however just yesterday I got a DVD called Yoga for healthy neck and it is working wonders for me but time will tell if it is my cure. This guy is an experienced physical trainer as well as yoga teacher and I am placing great hopes in his DVD.

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angrum

Oct 26, 2010

To: Dr_Mike

I'm new to this site & appreciate the efforts of sufferers here to help themselves and each other.

I have "collapsed" eustachian tubes, according to my latest medical advisor, a nurse practitioner. These were observed after have my ears cleaned out with Dawn dishwashing soap (!) and a tooth pik device (I found this procedure very weird.) to remove wax. My symptoms are:

1.Headache and nausea upon awaking (CT scan shows nothing remarkable). Muscle relaxants taken at bedtime will prevent this from happening. Aspirin and caffeine can relieve my headache if taken before nausea sets in. If taken after nausea gets bad, vomiting results.
2.Headache and nausea when I turn my head from side to side (as when looking out window while riding in a car) or when I turn my head to one side and hold it there for a few minutes or more.
3. Stiff neck
4. INTENSE muscle spasms in neck, shoulders and down the back. It appears that the spasms begin at the top of the spine, or in the neck. I suffer extremely hard knots of muscle spasms that all medical advisors comment about re: the size and hardness of the knots. Diagnosed with long fancy name that means I have muscle spasms even when I don't feel them.
5. Husband has observed some tooth grinding while I'm sleeping.
6. Excessive ear wax production.

I have been diagnosed with or suffer from:
1. TMJ - horrible spasms in jaw at times. Jaw can never relax. Pain in front of ear, pain when chewing. Not much clicking noises.
2. Chiropracter says my head sits very far forward as a result of a flattened neck, instead of properly curved neck alignment, and that my ear does not sit over the shoulders properly. This makes for poor posture and trying to "straighten up" doesn't work. Chiro advises continued treatments with them to help loosen up muscles in neck and back.
3. Had tonsillectomy at age 6 - 7. Am now 55 years old.
4. Husband reports light snoring. No sleep apnea.

Additionally, I do not suffer from crooked teeth. However, I do have tooth pain that is not associated with tooth decay or other necessary dental work.

Hope this is useful to you.

I am now undergoing testing to rule out muscle spasms from unusual sources - like kidney or liver malfunction or low thyroid. I hope this will shed some light on the source of muscle spasms.

Question of interest to me: Could it all be from tmj (including the collapsed eustachian tubes in both ears)? One theory that I'm considering is that years of untreated tmj and tooth grinding have contributed to seriously spasmed muscles first in neck, then radiating down back.

Does the flattened neck cause the tmj? or did the tmj and muscle spasms pulling on the spine cause the neck to flatten? May never know the answer to this!

JimBean315

Nov 01, 2010

To: angrum

  You mystified me when you said you had a flat neck so I did some googling and learned the name for my neck condition.  It is called craning and it was after trying to correct my posture by craning that I started having Occular Migranes (migraines) and then having almost permanent vertigo from blocked Eustachian tubes.
Thanks for your input.

Here is what google told me:
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Making It Worse Trying to Stand Straight - "Craning" Hurts Discs, Facets, and Soft Tissue
Check yourself - when you try to stand straight or "pull back your shoulders" do you do it by increasing the inward curve of your lower back, by craning your neck, or both? "Craning" the neck means folding or pinching the neck backwards, with the chin and face lifted. Craning the neck is surprisingly common, and a major source of neck, disc, facet (spine joint), and shoulder pain. Craning may be confused for, even the cause of spondylolisthesis in the neck - a sliding of the vertebrae.
Check to see if you crane your neck to look up, to drink water, to reach overhead areas, to try to stand straight, to read, and to eat. Check yourself to see if you jut your chin forward.
People are often told to stand up straight by bringing "ears over shoulders" or pulling their shoulders back. The result is that they tip their head back and crane the neck instead of getting the point - which was to straighten your positioning (posture), not make it worse. See the drawing of Backman!™ below demonstrating craning. To stand and sit straighter, don't tip your head back, yank your ear over your shoulder, or just bring shoulders back, leaving the neck still tilted forward. Get the concept of straightening your neck and upper back together to make comfortable healthier upright position.
Making It Worse Trying to Stand Straight - "Craning" Hurts Discs, Facets, and Soft Tissue
Check yourself - when you try to stand straight or "pull back your shoulders" do you do it by increasing the inward curve of your lower back, by craning your neck, or both? "Craning" the neck means folding or pinching the neck backwards, with the chin and face lifted. Craning the neck is surprisingly common, and a major source of neck, disc, facet (spine joint), and shoulder pain. Craning may be confused for, even the cause of spondylolisthesis in the neck - a sliding of the vertebrae.
Check to see if you crane your neck to look up, to drink water, to reach overhead areas, to try to stand straight, to read, and to eat. Check yourself to see if you jut your chin forward.
People are often told to stand up straight by bringing "ears over shoulders" or pulling their shoulders back. The result is that they tip their head back and crane the neck instead of getting the point - which was to straighten your positioning (posture), not make it worse. See the drawing of Backman!™ below demonstrating craning. To stand and sit straighter, don't tip your head back, yank your ear over your shoulder, or just bring shoulders back, leaving the neck still tilted forward. Get the concept of straightening your neck and upper back together to make comfortable healthier upright position.

Are you so tight that you crane your neck to look up, or to try to stand straight?
The forced, pinched neck position hurts and creates a sliding called spondylysthesis.
No surgery or pills needed, use the two stretches below to become comfortable holding straighter position, then stop craning!

dalebo

Nov 04, 2010

To: Everyone

Hi, I'm new to the community and have tried many of the remedies without a good result. I have tried to rid my ringing and plugged eustation tube by eliminating different things I might be allergic to. I have tried quitting smoking, caffeine, vitamins, even underarm antiperspirants. I am thinking that I have developed an allergy to the dog, or my other thouhgt is my dental work. The last major cap I had put on seemed to cause some pressure on my gums, and it somehow might be affecting the sinus/eustation area. I know that if I have food stuck in my teeth, I feel pain in my ears, like a bad cold...

Something to ponder....

Sweetvelocity

Nov 04, 2010

To: Kid Nurse

Good luck with this. My Father, Brother and I all have this issue in our right ear. No matter what we did it always felt full of fluid and the infections were one after another. Both of them had their mastoid bones removed and my bother had a cholesteatoma "sp" removed as well. I have been fighting with doctors who say it is all in my head. But it is obvious that my right ear always has some fluid in it. Sometimes it is a lot and other times it is less, but always some. My ET dose not function properly either and the fluid simply cannot drain.

I did have some luck with a chiro who adjusted my neck. It was instant. He cracked my neck and I felt air go into my Eustachian tube and it started draining. Pretty gross right? Sorry, but that is how it happened. It was pretty bizarre and it only lasted a week, but that was because I could not make it back to the chiro. They wanted lots of money.

JimBean315

Nov 22, 2010

To: all

Proof that my ETD was caused by my posture.

I have been doing some things that open my ears so I can drain them.  My thought was I would be well once I drained the ears.  In any case it did provide me some temporary relief.
   One of the doctor’s positions for clearing our ear rocks was to lie on a bed on my back with my head over the end of the bed.  Fast forwarding ahead I told my chiropractor about the woman with a flat neck and he showed me an exercise to correct a flat neck and the exercise was to lie flat on my back on a bed with my head hanging over the end of the bed.
    So we have cause and effect.  The crane neck was preventing normal drainage from my Eustachian tubes.  The posture was "cause" and ear fluid buildup was "effect".  The effect of this fluid is vertigo.  All the medicine was aimed at effect instead of cause and that is why all the different medicines helped but did not cure.
   The physical exercises for the fluid was actually affecting the cause (posture) and that is why I have been slowly getting better as my posture gets better.

worried_panic

Dec 06, 2010

i had been having what they call ed eustachian tube problems for about 2 mths noone knew what was causing no fluid or anything i finally found out by using a vibrating pillow that my prob was my neck. i suggest that you all consult a doc on this fact it could be your problem after all.

XxLost_In_New_YorkxX

Dec 09, 2010

To: A ENT DOCTOR OR ANYONE EXPERIENCED THIS AND FIXED IT

hey im a typical happy 27nyear old female from upsate newyork but for 3 months had anger problems due to ear clog then doc fixed an had otitis fixed had dbl ear infection fixed and now have fluid in them from self treating what can i do to stay calm anytime its quiet i hear the fluid have tv on 24/7 plz help me stay calm till i see my ent on monday december 13
ps i will prey for those whom r suffering with ear eye nose problems and any other symptoms cause this is down right scary at times prey for me or give me info on how to stay calm ty

grace

JimBean315

Dec 09, 2010

To: Xlost

I have been dealing with this for years and one thing I learned is that being emotionaly upset makes the problem much worse because it tenses up the jaw and other muscles in the head and neck. I relax in bed by taking in a slow breath to the count of twelve and holding for the count of four, then exhaling to the count of 12 again. If I can't make it to the count of 12 then I just go to what ever. Also make sure that both the chest and stomach rise on the in breath.

Just recently I got a doctor to give me a muscle relaxant (Methocarbamol 500 mg). It gave me gas and and upset stomach but not much muscle relaxing so I quit taking it.

I expected the ENT to be like a God that would wave a wand and I would be well; but his help consisted of taking a $3,000. allergy test and another $700 test to rule out Menaires disease.

JazzinJanzen

Dec 24, 2010

To: all

I just want to check if my diagnoses is right.. though after reading a lot of these comments, it certainly seems it is.

A month ago, I got...er...well... I'm not sure.. a fever for a week, and then a juicy cough the next week. So whatever that is! About 5 days into the cough, my ears clogged up..and in a way I've never experienced. I could hear ME just fine..in my head.. and my breathing.. heart beat...and chewing.. oh the chewing! Good luck having a conversation at the dinner table. It's comical how I have to stop chewing whenever I want to hear what someone is saying to me. Well.... almost comical. So I can hear that..but having a hell of time hearing everything else around me.

The first doc I went to thought ear infection. I thought...ehhh... don't think so, but took the antibiotics anyway. They did nothing but wreak my insides.
The second time I got a different doc, who rolled her eyes at the idea of an infection and said ETD. This is a county clinic (CRAZY poor college student here), so I'm not sure if either where an ENT.

So now I'm spraying steroids up my nose twice a day (I bristle at the name "steroid"... from being on Prednison for two months for an autoimmune disease). So far.. so nothing. And I'm really starting to worry.. I'm a musician (I play piano for a living) and not being able to hear is really messing with me. I'm worried the longer my ear drums are concave, the less chance they have of healing. Am I way off here? Is there permanent hearing loss with this? I recall the second doc quickly mentioning something like that.. she breezed on by it like an after thought!

brownstone111

Jan 02, 2011

To: dalebo

i am new but what i've read everyone suffers from the same basic problems.my family doctor told me about a rinse to try.i've been useing this for 3 years and it helps me very much.you take 8 oz. of warm water 1/2 tsp. of salt and 1/2 tsp. of baking soda mix it together.cup one hand and pour a small amount in it then close off one nostril and snort it up.do the same for the other side.this should be repeated 3 times per side 2 to 3 times per day.you should blow your nose after the second snort then wait a few minutes and do the last one.it will burn badly around your ears and your nose the first time couple times you do this.hope this helps good luck

oneandsix

Feb 02, 2011

To: EVERYONE

************** !!! IMPORTANT !!! ************

I never post things like this, but I feel obligated to so I can maybe help some of you! I read these comments a few weeks ago because my ears constantly needed to be popped and it had been happening for about 6 months. It freaked me out! I didn't think I would ever get it fixed.

Well, I went to the chiropractor and he explained how his neck adjustments would help. It's complicated but it makes sense.

He just popped my neck, pretty much the same way you see everyone do it -- and viola! My ears pop about 10% as much as they did! I've got in 3 or 4 times just to get it done again, but I was amazed!

GOING TO THE CHIROPRACTOR IS WORTH IT. GIVE IT A SHOT. I WAS READY TO SHOOT MY HEAD OFF!!! HE SAVED ME!!!

P.S. I also had a friend with the same problem go, and he got it fixed too. My ear popping was where some days I needed to pop my ears because they hurt ever 10 seconds, sometimes every 5 minutes.. but it was very annoying. I tried taking decongestants like the doc said. They didn't really work.

-Nathan S.

akteach11

Mar 02, 2011

To: all

Question?? Has anybody suffered from chronic otitus media and ETD??? I have had ear infections since I was born and have tried almost everything that has been said here. I cannot pop my ears, even with the help from a pressure machine(ear popper??). I am only 24 and having a harder time understanding spoken language everyday. I have had 3 sets of PE tubes and with each set my ear drums became more and more scar tissue than actual "ear drum" tissue. I was just curious if anybody is like me.

sslats

Mar 03, 2011

To: Everyone

So, I have been having problems sleeping due to a constant ringing in my ears at night. I went to the doctor, and she told me I have a Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, but i dont have the clogged feeling that everyone here seems to have. I can hear just fine, I dont feel too congested (although the doctor said I was), and i dont have any pain at all. The only symptom i have is the ringing. I was prescribed Fluticasone Proprionate, and Clariton. I have been taking it for about a month now, but nothing has changed. Was I diagnosed correctly?

JimBean315

Mar 06, 2011

To: sslats

Sslats
I have plenty of friends who have ringing ears and hard hearing from working around loud noise or shooting off guns but then you hear just fine.

     I have two kinds of congestion one is that I get my head stopped up with congestion.
The other congestion can happen independently of the first.  This is when my ET stop up.  To test for this I pinch my nose and swallow some water a couple of times, if I am having ETD then the ear drum bulges out and I can feel it and a doctor can see it.  When I am having ETD my ears start to ring a little then more and more until I get dizzy and on into vertigo.

    I can open my ET's by one squirt of Afrin in my nose and lying down with a couple of pillows under my knees.  I extend my jaw like I am about to yawn and try to get my ears to pop.  I do this for some 10 minutes and my ET's start to drain and I start doing a gentle sucking action while breathing in.  The popping seems to loosen up the middle ear fluid so it can drain out.   This often stops my ears from ringing for hours but it doesn't happen happen immediately.  I don't use Afrin more than a couple of times a day, often sparying one ear will clear them both up.  Some easy exercises helps to open my ears too.

    When I speak of stopped up ears I am not refering the the outer ear that the doc looks at.  My outer ears have never been a problem, my problem is with fluid in my middle ears not draining out of my Eustachian tubes.

  And yes, a Chriopractor is more help for me than a doctor.

balu2

Mar 16, 2011

To: delebo

i have been suffering fo ayear now of what ent thinks might be etd. audiologist says ear is fine. i also think it may be dental work that is causing problems but dentists insist everything looks fine. what to do!!!?????

Willsmom1999

Apr 28, 2011

Thank you for this information.My 11 year old son has been suffering from blocked ear canals and sinus pain for 6 months now. We have been to 2 ENT 's without help. He has taken antibiotics ,nasal steroids, OTC decongestants, allergy meds and ear drops with no relief. He had a CT scan for sinusitus which was negative. The doctor's act as though they have never heard of this problem so it's such a relief to find this info! He has told me "don't bother wasting your time and money,mom,because these doctors can't help me." I was hoping it would eventually resolve but it seems some of you have had this problem for years. I am making him an appointment with a chriopractor.

Willsmom1999

Apr 28, 2011

shira263

May 24, 2011

To: JimBean

I developed a fullness in both ears after an ear infection last spring. It didn't go away, but I don't have the other symptoms many describe here. ENT told me to use a nasal spray... I bought a sea water natural version. I felt a lot of drainage, but I think it was just the nasal spray draining. I felt a slight lessening of the pressure after I finished several weeks of the spray, but it returned soon after. I bought the EarPopper to try, I hope it will make a difference, but so far I don't feel a change. Have you heard of anyone who just feels pressure in their ears finding a solution? I was thinking that maybe my case is less severe than others described here and maybe there was something that had worked for many many people.
Thanks
Shira

JimBean315

May 25, 2011

To: shira263

When I have pressure on one or both ears I start feeling dizzy and sick, also my ears start ringing and the longer the ears are stopped up the worse all the above gets.

  My method of survival has developed to the following process to get well for a while.

1.  Keep correct posture so sinuses and ears can drain.  At night I lay a pillow under my knees and a pillow long ways on the bed then I lay another length wise pillow so that my shoulders and head drop to the bottom pillow and I keep my chin tucked in.  I breath in and out only through my nose in a way that restricts airflow to increase the air speed past the Eustachian tube endings, sometimes I do it in rapid burst while trying not to hyper or hypo ventilate.  This will vacuum something from within. I swallow what ever it is and keep on going. I tried spitting it out but that just ruins the whole process.  If I can't breath I take a nose shot of Afrin like spray and within 15 minutes I have a clear nostril.  If the sinuses are too bad I use a steroid nasal spray but not on a plugged nostril.

    In between all this activity I often stop and put my thumb and fore finger over my nose openings and I blow enough to barely make my nostrils puff out and suck about the same pressure.  The alternating of blowing and sucking will make a sound on both ears and doing this helps draw out fluid from the middle ears.

  This very morning I got sick and dizzy but the above process made me well again until the next time.  Now the good times are 90% of my day but at the beginning there were no good times, only maddening blocked, roaring ears, and a foggy head and a unhappy Jim.

  I hope this helps.

Jim

JimBean315

May 25, 2011

To: everyone

I forgot to mention that it helps me greatly to wash the pollutants off my face and brush my teeth 3 times a day. Just doing this sometimes opens my ears but I now do it daily without fail.

JimBean315

Jun 04, 2011

To: anybody

  I kept my ears and sinuses clear but I came down with vertigo again, sick and running out at both ends.

Three possible causes:
1) 24 hours before, I spread some insect killer on the lawn and when I poured it into the spreader a cloud drifted up to me and like a dope I just stayed and breathed it in.
2)  Kinks in my back have been known to give me vertigo and I had just gone through some vigorous exercise to correct my posture leaving lots of kinks in the back
3)  All doc's and ENT's told me not to touch dairy products, well a month ago I went back to drinking milk and I had cheese pizza for 3 days before I got sick.  When I threw up there were lumps of fresh cheese coming out and it had been 5 hours since I last had a pizza.

JimBean315

Jun 06, 2011

To: anybody

    After having the vertigo and body purge, I felt better than I had in years.  Also, my ears drained freely for two days.

Now I think the vertigo and purging of my stomach, head and bowels is the bodies way of curing its self.    For several years I have sat ready to stop vertigo with Antivert for dizziness, suppositories upset stomach and diarraha, and steroid nasal spray to dry out the body mucus.   So when my body wanted to purge itself of toxins, etc I would use drugs to stop the disturbing and nasty but natural cure.   That is why I first felt better after taking the drugs but after a few days I felt very much worse.  The body was trying to overpower the drugs and to do its duty to cure.

    But of course, I have been wrong before.

JimBean315

Jul 10, 2011

To: sufferers of blocked middle ear

I have made some great improvements since my last post.

For years I knew that visiting the dental hygienist made my vertigo better.  It was because she hung a vacuum pump in my mouth while she worked and it seemed to vacuum out my middle ears.
In my efforts to duplicate this process I found a yellow and blue accordion foot pump for an exercise ball to be my vacuum pump.

I bought a clear four foot hose, 3/8" ID and 1/2 OD to replace the blue hose that makes me itch and break out.

I put the hose in my mouth and move my mouth in such a way that the air will enter my nose and exit through the vacuum hose.  I still have to do all the old things but this in a major improvement.

    While I am doing this I get a bionase from my daughter for my birthday.

   I put the leds in my ear and it heats up the ear drum and greatly helps getting the fluid to drain.  Now I am feeling like a million bucks and tell my daughter she has found the cure for me. But, then I find the directions for using the thing so I follow the directions by putting the laser diodes up my nose for 4 minutes, three times a day.
  My ears start to ring and I start getting sick after the second day so I separate the two lasers and put one in each ear while I am using the yellow pump.  It takes about a day to get well again.

    I ask myself why it is that I can cure myself but I quickly get sick again?  To correct this problem I have started watching my posture and always breathing in through my nose and out through my mouth, this seems to be the trick to stay well from treatment to treatment.

Analogy

Sep 12, 2011

To: Kidnurse

Hi all I'm posting to tell you all that your not going mad. I to have all the symptoms like the rest of you and have found no answers to my problems however I am now being treated for TMJ. Another ENT is also checking me for Eagle syndrome. Just to let you all know that there is a new way to cure ETD, it's called eustachian tuboplasty and can be seen on YouTube. Good luck everyone and I hope the different things I've mentioned may help some one.

Daroswene

Sep 16, 2011

Hi. This is my first time here and it looks like the forum is very supportive.

I was recently diagnosed and treated for BPPV. I was having dizziness issues- things would feel like they were spinning and if I were standing, it would feel like I were walking drunk or hadn't gotten my "sea legs" yet. I'm not sure if it's related, but I would also get headaches that wouldn't be relieved with medicines, but wouldn't be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, like a migraine.

The EENT used a massager behind both ears after checking them to make sure they were clear. He also turned me on my sides after he did each ear.

Since then, my right ear has felt like I'm sticking a q-tip in it from time to time, but the jaw has been fine. The left ear has had more of the same pressure and the jaw aches from ear all the way around to close to the chin.

Besides NSAIDs and revisiting the doctor (money is tight), is there anything I can do to relieve the pain? Thanks for your advice in advance.

JimBean315

Sep 21, 2011

To: Daroswene

If you pinch your nose closed and swallow, do your ears click or get a full feeling? That is how I can tell when my ears are blocked and if I am headed to a good old sailor drunk.

Blocked Eustachian tubes has been the cause of my dizziness and vertigo for years. However, I am told that 80% of the vertigo cases are caused sudden movements of the head by ear rocks that can be cured by EPPV.

joebreck

Dec 07, 2011

To: Luis52

Luis, How did things fare for you?

ACJMommy

Jan 18, 2012

To: All

Has anyone had luck with the EarPopper? Any problems with it? We bought it for our 4-year old daughter this week to try to avoid the ear tube surgery. She said it hurt her ears. She has a lot of fluid in them that has been quite stubborn for the last couple months. She doesn't have an ear infection, but maybe they're still tender and just the air pressure is causing her pain? We've only tried it one day, but I'm not sure whether to continue and give it a fair shot or not (I don't want to hurt her, but not sure if it's just scaring her and the pain will go away in a day or two and then start to drain her ears and give her relief). What do you all think? Thanks so much!
Sarah

jb435

Jan 20, 2012

To: JimBean315

try accupunture if u still have probs it wks to loosen the jaw west med dcts dont have answerw 4 everythg

jb435

Jan 20, 2012

To: JimBean315

also 4 anyone who has jaw tension or pain if this is cause of ur ear tube problems acccupunture will work it will loosen the jaw muscles

JimBean315

Jan 23, 2012

To: jb435

Acupuncture helped me but it is not cost effective. My vertigo started in early 2007 and I have made a slow but steady recovery so that I now feel better than I did when I was 20 years younger.   It has been a hard time for me, requiring daily exercise and sinus draining.  The Medical field was of little help but the Chiropractor helped a great deal.  It all comes down to the fact that we are responsible for own health.
   For me posture is cause and cure of my vertigo and ocular migraines and if I let up on my new life style my ears start ringing and I am back in trouble.

   I think everyone needs proper exercises on  a regular basis.

CLN1

Feb 01, 2012

To: JimBean315

After 4 months off of work due to chronic sinus infections I have spent considerable time reading and researching my chronic sinusitis   Antibiotics helped temporary but did not get to the root of my problem which I believe is blocked eustachian tubes along with other issues listed below.  You can take all the antibiotics or holistic medicine possible but nothing will work until you get proper eustachian tube function and drainage.

My journey has led me back to the beginning of when the infections started.  I had an injury to my neck while quadding.  This caused extreme tightness in my neck, including tingling in my hands feet and face. Chiropractor care helped but the sinus infections continued and were extremely debilitating.  In conclusion, the following has been the resolution to my problems:

- Root canal for hidden infection
- Dr. Ho Muscle Therapy on neck, side of neck, shoulders etc. (you can buy this device in stores)
- massage on my jaw and face
- Oil of Oregano, Grape Fruit Seed Extract & Goldenseal taken 3 times a day
- Netti-Pot with saline solution a minimum of 3 times a day.  Optionally wwith a drop of Grape Fruit Seed Extract and a drop of 3% hydrogen peroxide in solution.  Be very careful it will burn if it is too much.  When saline solution is in your nose you must pinch your nose and tilt head back all the way and then bend forward with head straight down to the floor to get the solution where it needs to go into the back of your sinuses.
- Chiropractor care and posture re-alignment.
- Inversion therapy which can be done over your couch or soft cushion chair.
- Dealing with allergies both food and inhalants.  I now take Reactine and other holistic medicine for this.
- Increased water intake
- Humidifier at night time
- Guaifenisin at night time (Benyln liquid form, do not take with other ingredients such as pseudoephedrine)
- Oil pulling with sesame seed oil and a drop of Oil of Oregano. Be very careful not to burn your mouth with too much Oil of Oregano.  This can bring instant drainage.
- Eating a clove of fresh, chopped garlic at bedtime. (Most of the bad breath stink is gone after breakfast the next day.)
- A tablespoon of RAW apple cider vinegar in a large glass of water sipped over the course of a couple of hours.
- Candida cleanse
- Eliminated dairy, wheat and corn from my diet
- And finally but just as important I had to go back to the start of my infections and deal with an emotional trauma and forgive those who have hurt me. I also spent more quiet time, meditating and praying to God and believed every day that I would be healed.  I said "Thank You for my healing" over and over before it had happened.

Savannah0729

Feb 01, 2012

To: JimBean315

Hey Jim,, I only saw some of your thread. I was wondering what kind of preventative methods you use to not grind your teeth at night? I have had this verigo dizziness and ear always feeling like it does not drain for 2 years now... The doc keeps saying nothing is wrong and it is just my ear not draining. Your post made me think.....

CLN1

Feb 03, 2012

To: Savannah0729

I have learned that my TMJ and grinding my teeth at night is a contributing factor to my Eustachian tube disfunction and ear not draining properly. All the muscles around my jaw and sinuses are tight and don't allow drainage. I wear a mouth guard at night that was custom made by my dentist. I also have my C1 vertabrae (where skull attaches to neck) adjusted by the chiropractor as he says it is "stuck" and not moving properly which in turn pinches the nerves connected to my sinuses causing further drainage issues. After a treatment my sinuses will literally dump mucous.

Hope this helps.

pennie2012

Feb 18, 2012

I had a sinus infection 4 weeks my right ear plugged went to doctor he said ear infection put me on meds 10 days later still plugged went back to doc he said there looks like I have blood behind eardrumb sent me to ent doc he saids blood was behind my eardumb which is why it feels plugged come back in three weeks so we can see how it is doing but they don't know why its there this is freaking me out.

Kaulhulk

Mar 18, 2012

To: JimBean315

Hi Jim and the rest,

I have had sinus issues since 2007. Whenever a cold struck my ears became full. But usually they cleared on their own in 2 weeks time.

But in 2012 January, one bout of chest congestion, followed by a upper respiratory infection, clogged my ears again. But this time for longer.
This is March 19 and though my left ear was back to normal almost after 3 weeks in January itself, the right ear is heavy and feels clogged, though pain whatsoever.

The right Ear opens on its own, then shuts down on its own too.
Till yesterday when i saw a website for acupressure points.
The website has points for almost all disorders afflicting humans.

Check the link below for Ear Aches:-
http://www.soundtells.com/AcupressureOnline/iEar.htm
These points specially the one at the back of Earlobes are very effective and provide almost instant relief.

I also saw a website for a new invention by a firm named KENACP, called
EARDOC VIBRATOR, which supposedly send sub-sonic vibrations through Ear Bones into Eustachian tubes, relaxing their membranes.
This eventually helps drain out Inner ear Fluids.

Check their website:-
www.eardoc.info/ - United States

Hopefully this will help.
We in India believe in a Hidden Inner Power called Kundalini Power, which resides in all human beings. This Kundalini power sits at the base of spine.
The Kundalini moves through seven CHAKRAS in the body (all within th spine itself). But if any one CHAKRA is blocked, the Kundalini flow is obstructed.

Each CHAKRA is related to a particular thought and KARMA (Action/deed)
To keep the CHAKRAS open, one must avoid thoughts about the past/Future and stay in the present. Avoid focusing on mistakes/errors of others.

Each disease has its roots in the CHAKRA that is blocked.
So Watch your thoughts and meditate (Thoughtless State of mind).
Hopefully this will help.

It helped me.
God Bless.

vickiray72

Mar 25, 2012

To: canukgalintexas408

and you don't have ear fullness anymore>? did you ever have dizziness?

vickiray72

Mar 25, 2012

i mean is there no cure for this? i have been suffering with fullness in my ears and occasional dizziness for about 2 months now.

Kaulhulk

Mar 26, 2012

To: vickiray72

Medical cure has two major approaches:-
1. Anti Histamines, Nasal Sprays(Steroidal)
2. Surgery by planting tubes into Ear drum

Research has shown that sugar levels in blood are linked with Eustachian tube related disorders like tinnitus etc. See link for some information on diet and its effects.

Mucous is produced by cells in human body, diet and emotional state make a direct impact on it.

Underlying anger, discontentment, stress, do seem to cause and aggravate these mucosa related issues. When we treat the underlying root cause, eventually all trigger diseases of it will subside gradually.

I do not feel pain, and heaviness is occasional.
I have over years developed a habit of blowing air from the back of my throat, into th Eustachian tubes and out from the outer ear. when the tubes get clogged after an upper respiratory infection (I have Sinus issues), the Tube gets blocked.
Four types of muscles are engaged in opening/closing of each Eustachian tube. Chewing gum for at least an hour helps tremendously.

Also Vitamin B-6 is medically known to reduce Middle ear fluids.
Try that and it will definitely help. It did to me.

Try and watch your thoughts on hourly basis. Avoid thoughts of past/Future worries. Do not store revenge/ grudge in your heart, All these emotions block your CHAKRA's and stop the Energy flow within.

Emotions affect body immunity levels directly.
Focus on the root cause, not just the symptoms.

Kaulhulk

Mar 26, 2012

Sorry, I forgot to paste the link, here it is:-

http://www.****.info/tinnitus-relief-2/tinnitus-relief-through-diet-foods-to-avoid-to-relieve-tinnitus#axzz1qCazcMrs

Another good link on underlying emotional cause for Ear Issues:

http://****.com/articles/ear-problems-101.html

http://www.ndss.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174:ear-nose-and-throat-and-down-syndrome&catid=60:associated-conditions&Itemid=88&showall=1

I Wish you the best.

dalebo

Mar 27, 2012

To: Kaulhulk

Your links are missing some parts(blocked?)....what goes in the **** parts?

JimBean315

Mar 28, 2012

To: all

  Today I looked at my vertigo diary and the cause of my vertigo is staring me in the face.

Feb 24, 2008
My sinuses are running like a faucet.
To help the problem I started cleaning both ears with olive oil soaked on a Q tip, I did that for about a week before I had vertigo.
Vertigo and throwing up
Much better after a few days bed rest
After getting over vertigo I started cleaning my ears with hydrogen peroxide on a Q tip

March 02, 2008
I
Doctor AJ---antivert--- protonix------flonase----dristian   bppv exercises.
went to Fort Mantanz and was outdoors in the wind most of the day.
After dinner of grilled hamburgers and sausage I had Vertigo and throwing up
Not getting much better with time so
------------

    Fast forward to today.  I have learned not to block one nostril to blow my nose.  When my ears will click I am in the health zone, when I pinch one nostril and blow my ear has a mushy click or no click. Blowing with the nose blocked pushes fluid up the Eustachian tube.
     Breathing in only through the nose even if it is only one nostril to the count of 8; hold 3, exhale to count of 6 helps to drain my ears and sinuses and it relaxes me.
    When one nostril is plugged I can often clear it by lying on that side while doing my breathing exercises.  Keep that mouth closed!

Kaulhulk

Apr 12, 2012

To: dalebo

Hi,

Seems like the links are being tampered with, anyways i shall try and provide another with some diet information that could help in Sinus issues and its subsidiary problems like tinnitus:

In words: http colon front slash(2) www dot the tinnitussite dot info front slash tinnitus Hyphen relief hyphen 2 front slash tinnitus hyphen relief hyphen through hyphen diet hyphen foods hyphen to hyphen avoid hyphen to hyphen relieve hyphen tinnitues #axzz1rnlldAzt

http://www.thetinnitussite.info/tinnitus-relief-2/tinnitus-relief-through-diet-foods-to-avoid-to-relieve-tinnitus#axzz1rnlldAzt

Also note that Vitamin B-6 is well known to help reduce inner ear Fluids, something our doctors won't tell, as they want their antibiotics stock to finish first.

Regards.

Kaulhulk

Apr 19, 2012

Hi all,

I have been taking a Homeopathic medicine for right Eustachian tube issues.
And after 4 days of taking them, all heaviness is gone!

Here are the medicines I am taking (15 Day Course):

1. MERC DULCIS 30 (Drops)
Take half a cup of water, put 3-4 drops in it and drink.
Take caution not to eat anything 30 minutes before or after it.

2. KALI MUR. 6x
tablets
3-4 tablets, twice a day (Morning & Evenings)

The Drops reduces inflammation of the Eustachian tube membranes and also of Sinus linings. Resulting in Mucous flowing out. If any of you have chronic constipation, this will be a boon.

The tablets help in thinning the Mucous for its easy flow.

Good luck.

JimBean315

Apr 24, 2012

To: Kaulhulk

  I googled the products and they seem promising so I ordered them at a cost of $27.01 for the merc del and $15.69
   I keep the wolf at bay by 2 or 3 hours mechanical draining but I would like to be rid of the problem completely so I am taking a $43.70 gamble.

   It will be some time before I can report back because I ordered everything by mail order.  Thanks (I hope)

Kaulhulk

Apr 25, 2012

To: JimBean315

Dear Jim,

Make sure:

1. The make is German (Gmbh)
2. Do not eat anything within 30 minutes (prior & post taking medicine)

This works. The Drops MERC DULSIS, is anti inflammatory, hence all infection related swelling of mucous membranes in sinus and Eustachian Tube will go away, resulting in the mucous flowing out.

The other, Kali Mur 6X, is meant to thin the mucous, helping in its easy flow. You may take it 3-4 times each day (each medicine), depending on the severity.

I have been free of the problem. The fourth day itself, Eustachian tube was back to normal. I still take the medicine as precaution.

And yes, Anger (Active or passive) seems to inflame these mucous membranes, causing blockage. So please keep a watch on your thoughts.

I have learnt to forgive all especially those who hurt me.
Forgiveness brings immense inner peace. Which begins the healing from within.

Good luck.

Kaulhulk

Apr 25, 2012

To: JimBean315

You may also visit the website through which i came across these medicines:

http://abchomeopathy.com/

One may use already started posts on Eustachian tube (or other problems) and get a reply from a practicing Doctor.
There are no charges.

God bless all.

momo820

May 02, 2012

To: akteach11

Have you considered eliminating dairy from your diet? Maybe wheat too...

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