Question: my sister, age 47, has a
mysterious problem that has perplexed her
doctors for 2-1/2 months. In january she
presented with what "felt like an ear
infection coming on". Upon examination
the doctor saw no infection but referred
her to an ent. The ent scoped her nasal
cavity and saw nothing. 3 weeks later
she developed severe pain, swelling and
redness above the bridge of her nose which
extended to her eyes. Hospitalization
revealed cellulitis and was treated 2
weeks in the hospital on iv antibiotics.
Release with iv drip for 2 additional
weeks on iv antibiotic therapy. 3 days
short of finishing the iv she developed
scleritis (severe) and was treated by a
neurooptomologist with steriod drops. 3
weeks post treatment the scleritis has
still not completely resolved. 3 days
ago she rapidly developed severe pain in
her right ear (same side as the scleritis)
with pain and was seen by her primary.
Examination revealed "pus" in her ear and
is being treated with pain med,
antibiotics and antibiotics drops. Upon
examination the doctor also said she
noticed that there was some sort of "mass"
or growth but was not able to determine
with confidence what it was. She is
referred to another ent.
No one (even her primary) can figure out
what is going on. And admitted at her
last visit she was at a loss. She has
had ct scans of the sinus cavity, mri with
and without contrast and nothing of
significance has been seen. She has been
tested for ace and lysozyme but nothing
out of range has been noticed.
We are very, very concerned about her
problem which no one seems to be able to
figure out. To date only the secondary
symptoms are being treated because of
having no diagnosis.
It may be worthy to note that prior to the
onset of this chronic condition her
menstrual cycle stopped abrutply without
any signs of being pre-menopausal. I
wonder if there is some coicidence with
this or perhaps there is a more systemic
reason that may be a piece of the puzzle
that the doctors are not focusing on .
Please help...I am 1,100 miles away from
her and may have to go to where she lives,
but we really don't have any clue where to
being before yet another complications
arises. Thanks in advance, marie
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