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Ear problems for past year.

Asked by viainfested (435points) June 5th, 2013 from iPhone

I was diagnosed with a ruptured ear drum last summer, went to an ears nose and throat specialist, was seen two or three times, over a period of 2 months, told me everything healed fine and sent me on my way, even after I explained that I was still having pain and itchiness. I have still been experiencing pain and itchiness for the last year, finally went to the doctors again, they prescribed me antibiotics and ear drops. Still having the same issues, in fact, I’m pretty sure my ear drum ruptured again earlier today when I noticed clear liquid draining from it, and now I just experienced dizziness and hearing loss in my right ear.

Mind you, before I was diagnosed with the perforation, I dove into a lake for a few seconds…. is it possible that some of that water healed inside my ear drum?

All I want is some answers or surgery or something because nothing else seems to be working and now I might have permanent hearing loss because of it.

Going to try and make an appointment with a different ear nose and throat specialist tomorrow since the last one was literally a joke.

Any sort of feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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