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WELCOME
WELCOME
Welcome to the Ear, Nose and Throat Community. My name is Melissa and I am the Community Leader of this forum. I have suffered from sinus problems most of my life and so do millions of people each year. I encourage all members of this forum to ask and answer questions and hopefully together we can help each other through our individual experiences.
We have a Health Pages area where members have posted various informative topics to help.. Be sure to read the information provided there for your benefit. The Health Pages link can be found near the top right of this page.
We would also like to point you to the new ‘ Trackers’ that you can add to your profile. You can add them to your profile by clicking on "My MedHelp" (top) and then go to the Tracker Widget -- At the bottom of the Tracker Panel click on "Add Tracker" which will take you to the tracker page, where you can select many Trackers to help you. Please be watching as MedHelp adds new ones for you to use.
Also, please feel free to send me a note or private message and I will answer you within 24 hours.
Melissa
Welcome to the Ear, Nose and Throat Community. My name is Melissa and I am the Community Leader of this forum. I have suffered from sinus problems most of my life and so do millions of people each year. I encourage all members of this forum to ask and answer questions and hopefully together we can help each other through our individual experiences.
We have a Health Pages area where members have posted various informative topics to help.. Be sure to read the information provided there for your benefit. The Health Pages link can be found near the top right of this page.
We would also like to point you to the new ‘ Trackers’ that you can add to your profile. You can add them to your profile by clicking on "My MedHelp" (top) and then go to the Tracker Widget -- At the bottom of the Tracker Panel click on "Add Tracker" which will take you to the tracker page, where you can select many Trackers to help you. Please be watching as MedHelp adds new ones for you to use.
Also, please feel free to send me a note or private message and I will answer you within 24 hours.
Melissa
hey Melissa By the glands that are swollen are my Tonsils. I do not know what to do
Hello it might help if you take some painkillers to ease your pain and You should really go to the hospital.
hello i've been suffering with swollen glands in or under my chin whichever for more then a week and recently i've been getting sharp pains in my neck and in or on the glands themself. What do I do about this and what is causing this.
If anyone is its about food getting caught in my tonsils.
Before i had rice caught it was uncomfortable, no pain and went within 3-4 days.
Just tonight I had Chinese soup and the food has gotten caught in my tonsils.
I thought id eat more to help bring down the food caught but its gotten worse.
It's very uncomfortable, painful and it's starting to feel worse. I think its moved down from where it was originally stuck.
I've gargled, gulped water, have eaten a banana but nothing seems to help. It doesnt feel like its near the entrance of the throat so i wouldn't be able to water pic it (especially cause I don't have one and can't afford one at the moment) and put a toothbrush or a finger down my throat.
Any suggestions? What should I do it hurts allot and I'm worried. I live far away from home, it's late and i can't call my mum cause she'll freak and her answer is to always go to the hospital.
I'm worried I've damaged my tonsils =( Please help
Before i had rice caught it was uncomfortable, no pain and went within 3-4 days.
Just tonight I had Chinese soup and the food has gotten caught in my tonsils.
I thought id eat more to help bring down the food caught but its gotten worse.
It's very uncomfortable, painful and it's starting to feel worse. I think its moved down from where it was originally stuck.
I've gargled, gulped water, have eaten a banana but nothing seems to help. It doesnt feel like its near the entrance of the throat so i wouldn't be able to water pic it (especially cause I don't have one and can't afford one at the moment) and put a toothbrush or a finger down my throat.
Any suggestions? What should I do it hurts allot and I'm worried. I live far away from home, it's late and i can't call my mum cause she'll freak and her answer is to always go to the hospital.
I'm worried I've damaged my tonsils =( Please help
Hello to all! i had just stopped by chking out this community! Due to massive childhood ear infections i have basically no hearing on my left side loss is about 85-90%! Peeps really dont believe that when they see me im just so used to it doesnt phase me except i do NOT have sound direction at ALL!! which is hard! I had 4 surgeries from 15-19 trying to fix and repair but what can be done is done and now as an adult i dont have insurance but wished i did to keep up care for myself! They said im supposed to as my ear does not clean itself out and the dr is supposed to do it for me! i have only had it cleaned by a dr twice since 19!!
Thank You for the welcome mail. I'm new and have no clue of what to do but I thank you again. How do I get the answer to my question?
i have a ear discharge smells not good the doctor said that i have ear infection but my hearing is loss 2 months ago up to now. what can i do
thanks for your support.
thanks for your support.
A close neighbor just sent me this info about Janet Jackson, as Janet's recent vertigo symptoms/dizziness that caused her to cancel appearances do sound similar to mine.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6043241 click on this link - it associates these symptoms with migraine pressure without headache pain.
I don't have the spinning vertigo as others describe, mine is a constant feeling of motion and is constant and occurs every day - for more than a year now. Janet J's vertigo symptoms of feeling as if she's on a boat - or floating - mirrors my experience. I also often have intense pressure in my head/ears/sinus but I would never have thought this pressure was a headache or migraine related as this article explains. I know how a typical migraine affected my mother - her pain was so severe - I very rarely get a headache and avoid medication of any type. Until I became dizzy I only saw my doctor at my yearly physical.
I just returned from a week long process workshop in Mesa AZ and each day was torturous. I tried not to panic when the motion I felt sitting in a conference room all week just would not ease up. I could really feel every "bob and dip" movement - fortunately I was able to get up often to take breaks. I'm curious to find out how Janet Jackson's symptoms have been treated. The article doesn't say if she's back on tour yet.
I have never heard of - and not one of the doctors I've seen have ever mentioned - " Mal de Debarquement or Floating Woman Syndrome" - I'm printing this article about Janet Jackson to take to my PCP, EN&T, and Naturepath.
I'm hoping this dizziness is just hormonal and related to the onset of menopause. I've been battling this for a year now and I hope to find out how Janet Jackson was treated - I do feel hopeful! I also just bought Suzanne Sommers book "Breakthrough" to read on the plane. Very interesting and insightful. She confirms the aspects of poor "gut / intestinal / digestive track" health as the root of all health problems. Her book is getting good reviews. I will share more as delve deeper into her book.
At the advice of the Naturepath I've been working with, I've been off of wheat and gluten for more than a month. Unfortunately I had very painful inflammation of my mouth tissue two weeks ago, so she recommend removing processed sugar from my diet as well, to speed the healing process of having thrush/candida. I've never had that before - I thought it was a condition that just affected children - my mouth is fine now. She said to keep up these diet constraints until she sees that my compromised immune system has improved.
Celiac Sprue runs in my family (cousins) and recent blood work showed I had sensitivity to wheat, almonds, dairy, pineapple and kidney beans. With supplementing Vitamin D, my levels have been elevated to 23 - I was at 15 or 16. I take 2000 units each day and try my best to get a little sun each day - not easy to do in this Seattle weather. I'm hoping these diet adjustments will help lower my high thyroid antibodies as my Naturepath explained poor nutritional / gut health causes autoimmune problems. I'm off of Thyroid hormone as I reacted badly to the low amounts of Synthroid my PCP prescribed. In a few months I return for more blood work to check levels.
Even with diet changes I'm still dizzy each and every day, still have tinnitus buzzing in my left ear for more than 4 years now and head pressure. I've been to the ER twice because of chest pains and followups with a cardiologist. EKG, Echo, stress test all fine. I've been to an EN&T - don't have Menieres. Had Full Vestibular Assessment test at the U of W. Three out of the six tests showed abnormalities but no doctor can seem to find out why I'm constantly dizzy. Had MRI to rule out abnormalities or lesions on my brain. I'm hopeful to find out how Janet Jackson's dizziness has been treated.
Hope all are doing better, I welcome any thoughts you may have.
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6043241 click on this link - it associates these symptoms with migraine pressure without headache pain.
I don't have the spinning vertigo as others describe, mine is a constant feeling of motion and is constant and occurs every day - for more than a year now. Janet J's vertigo symptoms of feeling as if she's on a boat - or floating - mirrors my experience. I also often have intense pressure in my head/ears/sinus but I would never have thought this pressure was a headache or migraine related as this article explains. I know how a typical migraine affected my mother - her pain was so severe - I very rarely get a headache and avoid medication of any type. Until I became dizzy I only saw my doctor at my yearly physical.
I just returned from a week long process workshop in Mesa AZ and each day was torturous. I tried not to panic when the motion I felt sitting in a conference room all week just would not ease up. I could really feel every "bob and dip" movement - fortunately I was able to get up often to take breaks. I'm curious to find out how Janet Jackson's symptoms have been treated. The article doesn't say if she's back on tour yet.
I have never heard of - and not one of the doctors I've seen have ever mentioned - " Mal de Debarquement or Floating Woman Syndrome" - I'm printing this article about Janet Jackson to take to my PCP, EN&T, and Naturepath.
I'm hoping this dizziness is just hormonal and related to the onset of menopause. I've been battling this for a year now and I hope to find out how Janet Jackson was treated - I do feel hopeful! I also just bought Suzanne Sommers book "Breakthrough" to read on the plane. Very interesting and insightful. She confirms the aspects of poor "gut / intestinal / digestive track" health as the root of all health problems. Her book is getting good reviews. I will share more as delve deeper into her book.
At the advice of the Naturepath I've been working with, I've been off of wheat and gluten for more than a month. Unfortunately I had very painful inflammation of my mouth tissue two weeks ago, so she recommend removing processed sugar from my diet as well, to speed the healing process of having thrush/candida. I've never had that before - I thought it was a condition that just affected children - my mouth is fine now. She said to keep up these diet constraints until she sees that my compromised immune system has improved.
Celiac Sprue runs in my family (cousins) and recent blood work showed I had sensitivity to wheat, almonds, dairy, pineapple and kidney beans. With supplementing Vitamin D, my levels have been elevated to 23 - I was at 15 or 16. I take 2000 units each day and try my best to get a little sun each day - not easy to do in this Seattle weather. I'm hoping these diet adjustments will help lower my high thyroid antibodies as my Naturepath explained poor nutritional / gut health causes autoimmune problems. I'm off of Thyroid hormone as I reacted badly to the low amounts of Synthroid my PCP prescribed. In a few months I return for more blood work to check levels.
Even with diet changes I'm still dizzy each and every day, still have tinnitus buzzing in my left ear for more than 4 years now and head pressure. I've been to the ER twice because of chest pains and followups with a cardiologist. EKG, Echo, stress test all fine. I've been to an EN&T - don't have Menieres. Had Full Vestibular Assessment test at the U of W. Three out of the six tests showed abnormalities but no doctor can seem to find out why I'm constantly dizzy. Had MRI to rule out abnormalities or lesions on my brain. I'm hopeful to find out how Janet Jackson's dizziness has been treated.
Hope all are doing better, I welcome any thoughts you may have.
Go to the forum and you will se at the top of the page, post a new question. Or checkout the Health Pages in the top right corner and there is a guide to navigate the site. Its very useful! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Melissa
Melissa
Hi Melissa,
I am a 51 year old in the 11th day of recovery from an tonsillectomy. There is such swelling in my ear canals that there is no opening. I don't know how I am hearing! Is this swelling normal after tonsillectomy? cathyd
I am a 51 year old in the 11th day of recovery from an tonsillectomy. There is such swelling in my ear canals that there is no opening. I don't know how I am hearing! Is this swelling normal after tonsillectomy? cathyd
Hi Melissa,
I spent almost all day sneezing with terrible mucous discharge followed by stuffyness, pain and pressure with a kind of mental foggyness. I'm going to try a saline solution and also try to see my Dr. She's a keeper. Very smart. My thoughts are too much Diary, dander allergies, and whatever my Dr. will say. I'll let you know what she comes up with. I've been like this on and off for about three years. Just has recently gotten bad enouph so that I can't ignore it anymore. I'm 44 going on "help me please!!"
Tony
I spent almost all day sneezing with terrible mucous discharge followed by stuffyness, pain and pressure with a kind of mental foggyness. I'm going to try a saline solution and also try to see my Dr. She's a keeper. Very smart. My thoughts are too much Diary, dander allergies, and whatever my Dr. will say. I'll let you know what she comes up with. I've been like this on and off for about three years. Just has recently gotten bad enouph so that I can't ignore it anymore. I'm 44 going on "help me please!!"
Tony
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for the welcome.
Like you I have suffered a lot with sinusitis problems over the years as well as throat problems.
Thanks for your support as the CL.
Regards
Thanks for the welcome.
Like you I have suffered a lot with sinusitis problems over the years as well as throat problems.
Thanks for your support as the CL.
Regards
Thank you JoAnn, we will be lucky to have you as well, as most of my experience is with sinusitis and bronchitis and allergies. So if you can help people on this forum who are having ear issues that would be great!
Melissa
Melissa
You are going to be a great CL here. I've joined this community due to my ear issues...and I know everyone here is lucky to have you as their CL!
JoAnn
JoAnn
I got a message and some how I ended up deleting it. Could you send me another or explain how to do it. I am not very good at computers, I just sort of taught myself so I could look up things about my problem as I don't know where to turn anymore because all the things the doctors told me to do doesn;t help at all. Laaz
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