Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what the issues are with my ear, I'd appreciate it.
I used to listen to my music LOUD, everyday, and would clean my ears with a q-tip once a week. I don't have a history of headaches, but started to get a mild one and was drowsy, one day, with tightness, stiff pain in my neck. The next morning, when I got up, the room was spinning, vertigo. It lasted 3 days, at its worst, and went away, slowly. I was drowsy for weeks.
Now I haven't cleaned my ears since, until today. I had a foul odor that came from my left ear, my right one doesn't seem to be as bad. A week prior I had a paiful spot at the opening of my ear canal, was something like a bump, and it drained after I touched it. Today, my ear seemed a bit irritated, and the odor had me suspicious, so I cleaned my ear, and out came this nasty, smelly, opaque discharge. It was whitish, not typical earwax.
Is that an ear infection? What can I do?
I lightly swabbed my right ear, barely, and the color looked fine, and there was no odor, although sometimes that ear does get irritated. Also, I would like to know if ear infections, or whatever this is, can cause sinus problems. Whenever there is ear irritation, nowadays, I have sinus pressure and drainage in the back of my throat. Speaking of which, right now, after I cleaned my ear, I have drainage inthe back of my throat, and pressure in my cheeks and nose.
Please give me some advice as to what this is, and I would appreciate it. I hope I didn't write too much! Thanks! :)